LIBYA: Meeting in Libyan desert could end Bani Walid impasse

Record ID: 561022

  • Title: LIBYA: Meeting in Libyan desert could end Bani Walid impasse
  • Date: 7th September 2011
  • Summary: 40 KM NORTH OF BANI WALID, LIBYA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2011) (REUTERS) TRIBAL LEADERS ARRIVING / GUNMEN WALKING VARIOUS OF TRIBAL LEADERS GREETED BY FIGHTERS FOR LIBYA'S RULING INTERIM COUNCIL FIGHTERS OPENING FIRE ON AIR IN CELEBRATION VARIOUS OF THE MEETING IN THE MOSQUE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TRIBAL LEADER FROM BANI WALID ABDUL QADER GANYEH SAYING "We held many meetings, and I can say 90 percent of Bani Walid's people are with a peaceful solution and against the bloodshed, and Bani Walid is a part of Libya and will play a role in its future and it will not accept being labelled 'rebellious'." MORE OF THE MEETING REPRESENTATIVE FROM INTERIM RULING COUNCIL CRYING MEETING VARIOUS OF CELEBRATIONS OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9E99Y9QP4EOILDXWKD841T41P
  • Story Text: A gathering of tribal elders from the desert town of Bani Walid and representatives of Libya's new interim rulers raised hope of a peaceful solution that the town could join the large anti-Gaddafi movement that has all but ended 42 years of Muammar Gaddafi's reign.
    A tribal leader from Bani Walid, Abdul Qader Ganyeh, said most of the town's residents were opposed to fighting an advance by fighters loyal to the pro-democracy ruling interim council.
    "We held many meetings, and I can say 90 percent of Bani Walid's people are with a peaceful solution and against the bloodshed, and Bani Walid is a part of Libya and will play a role in its future and it will not accept being labelled 'rebellious'," he said.
    Fighters and representatives of the ruling council cried and embraced the tribal figures whilst others fired their weapons into the air outside the mosque, where the meeting took place, in a show of celebration.
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