Libya’s interim leader pledges ‘moderate’ Islamic rule

Libya’s new leaders pledged “moderate” Islamic rule even as their fighters were accused by Amnesty International on Tuesday of committing possible war crimes. A defiant Moamer Gathafi, meanwhile, vowed from hiding to battle on until victory as his forces launched surprise fightbacks on three fronts. Interim leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil received a hero’s welcome when he made a public speech in Tripoli’s main square late on Monday. Thousands celebrated last month’s fall of the Gathafi regime in Martyrs’ Square, two days after Abdel Jalil, the head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), arrived in Tripoli from Benghazi in the east. Moderate Islam would be the main source of legislation in…

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Libya’s interim leader pledges ‘moderate’ Islamic rule

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