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In reply to the discussion: Caught on video: Horrifying proof that Libya's freedom fighters have turned into brutal torturers [View all]tabatha
(18,795 posts)Residents say some of the fighters have sought to preserve law and order in the midst of government helplessness. Militias from Benghazi and Zintan are trying to protect a refugee camp of 1,500 people driven from their homes in Tawergha by fighters from Misurata, who bitterly blamed them for aiding Colonel Qaddafis assault on their town. Since the Tawerghans arrived in the camp, which once housed Turkish construction workers in Tripoli, Misurata militiamen have staged raids five or six times there despite the presence of the other militias, detaining dozens, many of them still in custody.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/africa/libyas-new-government-unable-to-control-militias.html?_r=2
SO from that excerpt I can say, according to the logic here, that ALL militias from Misurata are BAD, BAD, BAD, and all militias from Benghazi and Zintan are GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.
And how about this article:
Libyan prison warden pleads for government help
Quasim prison, located south of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, currently holds 400 inmates some are prisoners of war and some are illegal immigrants.
But according to prison chief Ayad Sager, who manages a staff of 60 former revolutionary militias, Libyas Justice Ministry never called or visited, and he awaits a response from someone in the government to help alleviate the situation.
http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/02/09/193651.html
If there is one thing I have learned in life, is TO JUDGE THE INDIVIDUAL, otherwise everyone in the US can be accused of being torturers because of what Bush, Cheney and the US military did in Iraq. Yes, we would all be bad guys.