Thursday 1 September 2011

'Car Bombs Found' In Struggling Tripoli

Anti-Gaddafi soldiers have told Sky News two unexploded car bombs were found in Tripoli, amid reports the former Libyan leader is in the desert town of Bani Walid.

It comes after funds arrived from abroad for the National Transitional Council (NTC), and as world leaders gather in Paris to discuss Libya's future.
The summit is being hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron later today.

But meanwhile, there is a power vacuum in Tripoli and the people are asking when the leadership of the interim government - the NTC - will arrive.
The cash that arrived on Wednesday evening is needed to pay wages and get the city moving.
There is still intermittent power and water across the capital, after Gaddafi loyalists attempted to sabotage water supplies.
An anti-Gaddafi soldier on patrol in Tripoli
An anti-Gaddafi soldier on patrol in Tripoli
This is not a city on its knees, but it is a place desperate not to see the same mistakes of reconstruction made in the wake of the fall of Baghdad in 2003.
The NTC will be given just a few weeks to show real progress is being made on the ground.
Politicians talking in Paris and making promises will not be enough - food is available, but there needs to be real evidence of humanitarian aid being brought in.
As the people of Tripoli struggle to continue with their lives, there was continuing speculation over Colonel Gaddafi's whereabouts.
A top military commander of the NTC says the former leader is believed to be in Bani Walid, some 95 miles southeast of the capital.
There appears to be signs of a split between two of Muammar Gaddafi's sons
Reports quoted Abdel Majid as saying they had information suggesting Col Gaddafi had gone there with his son, Saif al Islam, and his intelligence chief three days after the fall of Tripoli.

The reports of Col Gaddafi's alleged location come after opposition forces found at least two unexploded car bombs on the outskirts of Tripoli.
They say at least two vehicles packed with explosives were discovered in the suburbs on Wednesday night.
It comes after two of Col Gaddafi's sons gave contrasting messages to the media - one saying he would negotiate surrender and another promising a fight to the death.

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