National Transitional Council: Moammar Gadhafi

Benghazi Dept: Thousands of representatives of major tribes, militia commanders and politicians made the declaration in the main eastern city of Benghazi, insisting it was not intended to divide the country. They said they want their region to remain part of a united Libya, but needed to do this to stop decades of discrimination against the east, according to The Star. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of the Tripoli-based interim central government known as the National Transitional Council, warned the declaration leads to danger of eventually breaking up the country. But he also said it was to be expected, because the east played a pivotal role in ending Gadhafi s rule and bENGHAZI, LIBYA Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared oil-rich eastern Libya a semi-autonomous state on Tuesday, a unilateral move that the interim head of state called a dangerous conspiracy by Arab nations to tear the country apart six months after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi. The conference declared that the eastern state, known as Barqa, would have its own parliament, police force, courts and capital Benghazi to run its affairs. Foreign policy, the national army and oil resources would be left to the central government in Tripoli in the west. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.