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"We are the ones who are holding the power - the people with the force on the ground - and we are not going to give that up until we have a legitimate government that will emerge from free and fair elections.""(W)e will use all available means," he added, "first of all our might on the ground."
According to The Times:
Rebel leaders already expressed resolve "to step into the political process." Anonymous Misrata ones threatened to intercede for their demands. Ongoing clashes suggest continuing power struggles. Practically everyone in Libya is armed to do it.
NATO created a violent, unstable environment to justify becoming paramilitary occupiers. Entire cities were destroyed. Sirte's now a ghost town. Tawergha's 30,000 population was terrorized and displaced. Others also died. Reports are it's burned to the ground or still burning.
Ravaged Libya will take years to rebuild. Much will stay undone. People needs will be unmet. Imperial interests only will be addressed. That's what pillaging is all about. Massacres will continue like sport. NATO-style liberation revels in them.
It'll will have Libya enter a "Mediterranean Alliance." African unity will be weakened. Resources won't be nationalized. Plunder instead is planned. Everything achieved under Gaddafi is gone. Libyans retain nothing but their spirit to fight on. Tribal leaders vow to join them.
Jamahiriya spokesman Moussa Ibrahim announced an alliance being formed. United Leaders of All Tribes are preparing a "Document of Honor," a declaration of unity and solidarity against imperial invaders.
Resistance will formalize and spread. Fighting continues across Libya, including inside Tripoli, as well as at the international and military airports. Other battles raged in Bani Walid, Gheryan, and elsewhere. Only southern and central Libya remain calm in Jamahiriya hands. Al Qaeda elements now control Benghazi, but territory shifts back and forth so front lines can change day to day.
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