Revenge Feeds Instability in Libya
Rebels Burn Abandoned Homes in Loyalist Town as a Transitional Government Leader Stands By; ‘Tawergha Is No More’
A senior Libyan rebel leader told local officials and residents in Misrata on Monday that he would stay out of their bloody feud with neighboring Tawergha, a loyalist town that served as staging ground for the devastating siege of the rebel-controlled city by Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s troops this year.
That conflict illustrates a struggle for the National Transitional Council as rebels battle remaining regime holdout areas in the interior and south: how to reconcile the hatred between rebels and loyalists that bred during more…