In a high profile speech today in Benghazi, Libyan National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Jalil warned that Libya faces a civil war, and that crushing the various militias militarily was the only option outside of partition remaining to them.
“We are now between two bitter options,” Jalil said, suggesting that the partition would cause a civil war. Given the power of the various militias, attacking them seems like it will end up in a civil war as well.
Libyan military chief Gen. Youssef Mangoush, only appointed days ago, insists that the military is hard at work rebuilding bases and acquiring new weapons, saying it is determined to forcibly disarm the various rebels the NTC once called allies in taking the nation from Moammar Gadhafi.
The militia factions retain control over various regions across Libya, with some controlling major cities like Misrata. Much of the inter-militia fighting is centered around Tripoli, with militias from outside of the city trying to carve out spheres of influence in the capital at the expense of the weaker local militia forces.
Jalil can't even go to Tripoli. Ben Haj, the al Qaeda leader supported by by Nato and the West can't move around much. Tripoli is full of Mossad, British, US, German and French intelligence agents and they can't move around much either. Don't know about starting a civil war there is one going now. Unless Nato needs al Qaeda in Turkey to attack Syria and ships more of them over the civil war is not going to die down.
Why don't you listen to a Libyan journalist actually in Tripoli. http://www.youtube.com/user/108morris108#p/u/0/VbPQXpSgU...
Well well well…… Looks like "Team NATO" has done it once again.
Hey ntc chief, you have been in a civil war for months but now you are on your own.
Ahh, a new state in its infancy. Creating a new monopoly of violence is a difficult task when so many citizens have guns I guess. Alas, there is another option. It's called freedom, where no one rules over another. But that won't happen, unfortunately. So, on with the effort to create a centralized democracy, which is just another form of endless civil war, albeit with ballots and voting instead of direct violence, but violent and destructive just the same.
LOL @ the first comment. You idiot, Mustafa Abduljalil did go to Tripoli, and gave a million speeches there already. I was in Tripoli last week, and I saw absolutely no hint of any foreign agencies nor civil war, so shut your trap.
And that "journalist" you linked is actually Yusuf Shakir, somebody who is so pro-Gaddafi you can't take anything he says seriously because of all his bias.