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| NTC Vowing to Remove Weapons from Tripoli Streets |
| 2011-09-30 |
| [Tripoli Post] With Libya's interim administration pledging to restore calm and remove heavy weapons from the streets of Tripoli, Ahmed Bani, Libya's National Transitional Council's military front man, told news hounds that heavy weapons have no place in the Libyan capital. Stressing the fact that the NTC is working on the full and complete liberation of Libya, and to secure all the cities, referring to the runaway leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland... , Bani said: "After that, we will do our best to look for this person. This does not worry us." Bani couldn't confirm reports that Al Qadaffy is hiding in the western town of Ghadames near the border by Algeria under the protection of Tuareg rustics.Al Qadaffy's two sons, Seif al-Islam and Muatasim are also on the run, with Seif presumably directing his father's loyalists at Bani Walid, and Muatassim, a former security adviser, in Sirte. Although Tripoli is completely freed of any Al Qadaffy loyalists wanting to make some impact, a month after the NTC took control of Tripoli, gunfire is regularly heard in the streets by trigger-happy youths who are still not turned their in their weapons to the authorities. NTC fighters have not yet been able to gain full control of Sirte despite reportedly making gains and capturing the city's airport, military base and port, while Bani Walid is also a strong Al Qadaffy bastion that has so far been very difficult to crack. Fighting in Sirte has been going on for weeks with Al Qadaffy'sQadaffy's forces using the heaviest weapons possible to defend their positions. At the same time, the NTC fighters have said they are concerned about the civilians wanting to leave the city, therefore they are allowing them space for a safe escape. The NTC fighters also appear to be waiting for more ammunition to arrive and are hoping NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... would give them a hand by targeting Al Qadaffy's strategic military sites inside, thus allowing them to make inroads into the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |