ALERTE INFO: Reuters confirme que la ville de Sabha est contrôlée par les Loyalistes !

Islamist commander sees Libyan fighters keeping weapons

Mon Nov 7, 2011 5:18pm GMT

 

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For now, Gaddafi loyalists have little hope of reinstalling the dictator's regime, with his armed forces crushed and most of his family in exile or dead.
But the faction-plagued National Transitional Council (NTC) is struggling to deal with some of the country's more remote areas such as the restive town of Sabha, in a southern region where Gaddafi spent part of his youth.
Bedeen said that his brigade had been asked by Sabha notables to establish security there, but that the NTC was dragging its feet to give approval for the action. He pointed to his men's reputation as Islamists as a reason for the delay.
"We will not go without an official request from the NTC. Because in our experience we are often accused of doing something wrong.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we went there and the next day on the news heard we were accused of sending weapons to al-Qaeda in Algeria."
WANT SHARIA APPLIED
Many now wonder what version of political Islam fighters inspired by religion will seek to bring to the country.
Most of the fighters, who often went into combat shouting "God is greatest", are devout Muslims and many could be considered Islamists, Bedeen said. But he sees their political goals as moderate.
"It's difficult to say they have one way of thought or political agenda, but I can definitely say there is a large percentage of Islamists.... I did not see anyone with a secular agenda." Continued...