Libya battle not over - Interim PM

LIBYA: The man tasked with running the new Libya reminded his forces that the war was not yet over as the latest deadline for the surrender of pro Muammar Gaddafi towns loomed and fighters massed on both sides. Earlier on Thursday, the voice of the on-the-run former leader boomed out from his hiding place, denying he had fled Libya and cursing as rats and stray dogs those whose efforts to start governing in his place are being frustrated by his die-hard followers.

Interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, in Tripoli for the first time since transitional council forces seized the capital, hailed a great victory. But he told his rebel allies that “the tyrant” was not yet finished and warned against the kind of factional in-fighting which some see as a growing threat.

“This is a stage where we have to unify and be together,” said Jibril, who noted Gaddafi still had bastions of support, two weeks after the capital Tripoli fell. Tripoli, Friday, Reuters