Libyans vs. Gaddafi

Libyans vs. Gaddafi By: Marwan Arikat Revolutionaries took control of many of the cities in east of the country of Lybia, including Benghazi, which saw celebrations in the streets of the city, at a time when violent clashes erupted in the capital Tripoli, where pro-Gaddafi troops were still trying  to tighten the grip of the psychopathic dictator on the city. This comes after the announcement of Libya's interior minister, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Younis al-Obaidi, his resignation from all his posts, underscoring the  clear defiance to Gaddafi, by the Libyan military leaders and diplomats,  who made it perfectly clear that neither the Libyan military nor the civil servants, are willing to side with Gaddafi's homicidal Régime. Furthermore, they refused to take any part  in massacring  their own people to appease the madman in tripoli and his corrupt family. Maj. Gen . Al-Obaidi, who used to be known as the righthand man of Gaddaffi, called on the armed forces to join the demonstrators  and respond to the demand of the people, military leaders also  refused to take any part in the 'blood-bath', that Gaddafi's son, 'Saif al-Islam', threatened the protesters with, if they don't discontinueً the demonstrations against his father. In addition to the military and the diplomatic corp switching their allegiance to the demonstrators, a number of tribes in the country withdrew their allegiance to Colonel Gaddafi during subsequent criticism and international condemnation for the regime use of brutal force to suppress the demonstrators, killing hundreds of the protestors. In a tribal society, such as Libya , the powerful tribes are significant to any change in the country, because most region in Libya are controlled by tribes, including areas rich with oil and natural gas, that is why one of the major tribes that control oil-rich areas, threatened to cut off oil and gas supplies to Europe and the world, if the international community does not pressure Muammar Gaddafi and his corrupt regime to step down and deliver the rule of Libya to the revolutionaries.