Tripoli divided as rebels jostle over power (Obama and NATO create the newest Al-Qaeda country)

msnbc ^ | 8/31/2011 | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and ROD NORDLAND/NY Times

[tobyhill]

Fighters from the western mountain city of Zintan control the airport. The fighters from Misurata guard the central bank, the port and the prime minister’s office, where their graffiti has relabeled the historic plaza “Misurata Square.” Berbers from the mountain town Yafran took charge of the city’s central square, where they spray-painted “Yafran Revolutionaries.”

A week after rebels broke into Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s former stronghold, much of its territory remains divided into fiefs, each controlled by quasi-independent brigades representing different geographic areas of the country. And the spray paint they use to mark their territory tells the story of a looming leadership crisis in the capital, Tripoli.

The top civilian officials of the Libyan rebels’ Transitional National Council — now styling itself as a provisional government to be based in the capital — are yet to arrive, citing personal safety concerns even as they pronounce the city fully secure.

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Several liberals among the rebel leadership council complained privately that Mr. Hasadi had been a leader of the disbanded Libyan Islamist Fighting Group, which rebelled against Colonel Qaddafi in the 1990s. Some said they feared it was the first step in an attempt at an Islamist takeover. They noted that Mr. Hasadi was named commander by the five battalions of the so-called Tripoli Brigade, rather than by any civilian authority. And they complained about the perceived influence of Qatar, which helped train and equip the Tripoli Brigade and also finances Al Jazeera.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks tobyhill

[Ronin]

Well, golly! That’s sure surprising!

Who would have ever thought this could happen!

(I don’t really need the /sarc, do I?)

[Gadsden1st]

Bloods and Crips. Wonder if we will get some good tunes out of this for my Ipod.

[politicianslie]

And now you finally know Obama really is the RADICAL MUSLIM plant doing everything he can to destroy America and set up Islam to destroy the world as we know it.

[stevem]

Sounds like another fine addition to the fraternity of nations. It would be nice if they could have a truce long enough to get Qaddafi in some public setting and string him up with the world as witness. Then for at least a minute we would have a slightly better world.

After that they can return to turf defense.

[Diogenesis]

The undocumented, ineligible One is committing
exactly the treason which every present member
of the US Congress want him to. They have chosen
to support him; and with that .... he has accelerated.

[politicianslie]

Not EVERY member of Congress knows Obama is a RADICAL MUSLIM PLANT whose purpose is to destroy the United States economically and socially.

Some of these idiots are just as stupid as the MSM; they think he is a liberal traitor just like they are. NO, Obama is a MUSLIM terrorist playing POTUS whose purpose is to put ISLAM in control. The liberal traitors won't get it until Sharia law controls the US.

[himno hero]

all so true.

[uncbob]

Muslim countries are really worthless

Either dictators like Saddam or Daffy Duck or religious nut jobs

[Free Vulcan]

It’s worked so well in Somalia, why not try it in Libya?

[ThomasMore]

Thank Obama for the chaos.