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| Libya's NTC to relocate HQ to Tripoli |
| 2011-08-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) is getting ready to move its headquarters from Benghazi to the capital, Tripoli, following the takeover of Muammar Qadaffy's ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere... last bastion. During a meeting with visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri in Benghazi on Wednesday, Abdel Jalil said that NTC has sent a delegation to Tripoli to prepare its relocation to the Libyan capital city, Xinhua reported. Libyan opposition forces stormed into Muammar Qadaffy's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district on Tuesday in a major move to consolidate their grip on the capital, Tripoli. The capture of Bab al-Aziziya appears to herald the de facto end of Qadaffy's 42-year-old rule, but with his whereabouts still unknown and his influential sons unaccounted for, the revolutionaries still cannot declare victory. Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) is getting ready to move its headquarters from Benghazi to the capital, Tripoli, following the takeover of Muammar Gaddafi's last bastion. During a meeting with visiting Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi-Fihri in Benghazi on Wednesday, Abdel Jalil said that NTC has sent a delegation to Tripoli to prepare its relocation to the Libyan capital city, Xinhua reported. Libyan opposition forces stormed into Muammar Gaddafi's main compound in the Bab al-Aziziya district on Tuesday in a major move to consolidate their grip on the capital, Tripoli. The capture of Bab al-Aziziya appears to herald the de facto end of Gaddafi's 42-year-old rule, but with his whereabouts still unknown and his influential sons unaccounted for, the revolutionaries still cannot declare victory. Meanwhile, Libya's elusive leader issued a defiant message to his loyalists in Tripoli and called on them to repel the opposition' advance. "All Libyans must be present in Tripoli, young men, tribal men and women must sweep through Tripoli and comb it for traitors," he said in remarks broadcast by the al-Rai television network on Wednesday. "I have been out a bit in Tripoli discreetly, without being seen by people, and ... I did not feel that Tripoli was in danger," he added. Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between regime troops and fighters since a revolution seeking to topple Gaddafi began in mid-February. Meanwhile, ...back at the Esquimeau village our hero was receiving a quick lesson in aeronautics...... Libya's elusive leader issued a defiant message to his loyalists in Tripoli and called on them to repel the opposition' advance. "All Libyans must be present in Tripoli, young men, tribal men and women must sweep through Tripoli and comb it for traitors," he said in remarks broadcast by the al-Rai television network on Wednesday. "I have been out a bit in Tripoli discreetly, without being seen by people, and ... I did not feel that Tripoli was in danger," he added. Libya has been the scene of intense fighting between regime troops and fighters since a revolution seeking to topple Qadaffy began in mid-February. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So much for the spring speculation that the eastern tribes were going to move the capital to Benghazi. Big centralized capitals make their own gravity, and power slides down the slope to the centre. The established physical base alone will guarantee that. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-08-25 09:54 |