VIDEO: Ex rebels fill Libya's security vacuum: - Published on Jun 17, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish Libya's interrim government is encouraging former rebel fighters to sign up for the police and army. After the fall Muammer Gaddafi, Libya was left with a security vacuum. The interrim government had a strategy to improve safety by creating the Supreme Security Committee -the SSC. They are now more than 100 000 former rebel fighters patrolling neighbourhoods across Libya to curb criminal activities and prevent attacks. While Human rights groups accuse this force of making random arrests and running secret prisons where torture is common,...