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Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Analysis: If Libyan rebels win, can they rule? 11:40am EDT Blasts and gunfire rock Tripoli Sat, Aug 20 2011 Libya rebels battle for refineries in east and west Wed, Aug 17 2011 Rebels scorn talks with isolated Gaddafi Tue, Aug 16 2011 Rebels say Tripoli encircled; Gaddafi defiant Mon, Aug 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Of the Tea Party, by the Tea Party, for the Tea Party The case for open-source government Related Topics World » Libya » Irish-Libyan rebel fighter Husam Najjair speaks to reporters at a front line checkpoint near Tiji in western Libya, August 1, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Bob Strong By Michael Georgy NALUT, Libya | Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:33pm EDT NALUT, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebel Husam Najjair seems more concerned about the possibility of rebels turning on each other when they try to take control of the capital Tripoli than the threat posed by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. "The first thing my brigade will do is set up checkpoints to disarm everyone, including other rebel groups, because otherwise it will be a bloodbath," said Najjair. "All the rebel groups will want to control Tripoli. Order will be needed." His comments pointed to the biggest question that will be asked as the endgame appears to be nearing in Libya -- is there one unifying figure who can lead Libya if the rebels take over? Right now the resounding answer seems to be no. "There isn't one rebel leader who is respected by everyone. That's the problem," said Kamran Bokhari, Middle East Director at STRATFOR global intelligence firm. Gaddafi ran the North African oil producing-country like a cult, without state institutions that would make any transition easier for the rebels, who have plenty of spirit but lack a proper chain of command. They are also weighed down by factionalism and ethnic and tribal divisions. The most prominent rebel leader is Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC), a disparate group of Gaddafi opponents based in the eastern city of Benghazi. It consists of former government ministers and longstanding opposition members who represent wide-ranging views including Arab nationalism, Islamists, secularists, socialists and businessmen. A former justice minister, the soft-spoken Abdel Jalil was described as a "fair-minded technocrat" in a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. A mild-mannered consensus builder in his late 50s, he was praised by Human Rights Watch for his work on Libya's criminal code reform. Abdel Jalil resigned as justice minister in February when violence was used against protestors. But like other former members of Gaddafi's inner circle, he will always be viewed with suspicion by some rebels who want completely new faces with no past links to the regime running the country. The prime minister of the rebels' shadow government, Mahmoud Jibril, a former top development official under Gaddafi, has extensive foreign contacts and has been the rebels' roving envoy. But his travels have frustrated some colleagues and foreign backers so his experience and contact building will have been wasted if he is not part of any new administration. Another prominent rebel who may play a future leadership role is Ali Tarhouni. THe U.S.-based academic and opposition figure in exile returned to Libya to take charge of economic, financial and oil matters for the rebels. IRAQ LESSONS Tensions between life-long opponents of Gaddafi and his supporters who recently defected to the rebel side may undermine efforts to choose an effective leadership. If hardliners prevail, Libya could make the same mistake that analysts say was made in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. His Baath Party supporters and army officers were purged en masse, creating a power vacuum that led to instability for years as everyone from his secular backers to al Qaeda waged a violent campaign against Iraq's new U.S.-backed rulers. "You cannot make a rule that anyone who worked for Gaddafi cannot work with us. It's not practical at all," said Ashour Shamis, a United Kingdom-based Libyan opposition activist. Such an approach would undermine efforts to bring back capable people to undertake perhaps the most critical task of all -- revitalizing the oil industry. Those who want to put aside animosities for the sake of rebuilding the country's energy sector may want to turn to its former top official Shokri Ghanem for help. The Western-educated Ghanem, who defected, has decades of experience in the oil sector and is a former prime minister credited with liberalizing the Libyan economy and accelerating the opening of the country to global petroleum investment. Bringing people like Ghanem back will depend to a great extent on whether rebels will be willing to put aside their differences and take a practical view of Libya's future. FRACTIONALISM Judging by realities on the ground, it won't be easy. Take the Western Mountains region, where rebels recently made the most dramatic gains in months. The fighters showed far more discipline as they swept through towns and villages in the plains and eventually reached Zawiyah, about a 30 minute drive from Tripoli. Beneath the surface, the rebels were torn apart by divisions and factionalism. Berber and Arab villages look at each other with disdain. Rebels refer to themselves as the fighters from village x or village y, not the rebels of Libya. When journalists want to reach frontlines, they are told to get written permission from whichever rebel is in charge of a specific area. Najjair, an Irish-Libyan who left behind his life as a building contractor to take up arms against Gaddafi, constantly went on about how his Tripoli Brigade was the best-suited to seize the capital because its members were all from Tripoli. "We are the most organized. But we get the least help from the other rebel groups," was his constant complaint. As the rebels close in on Tripoli, the common cause of fighting Gaddafi could ease divisions. A hint of what could be in store is the still unexplained July 28 killing of the rebels' military commander, Abdel Fattah Younes, a former top Gaddafi security official, after he was taken into custody by his own side for questioning. The killing has raised fears that the NTC is too weak and fractured to halt a slide into bloodshed as rival factions, including Islamists, bid for power. An increasing number of fighters in the Western Mountains, for instance, are growing long, thick beards, the trademark of Islamists who are likely to reject close ties with the West in a new Libya, while others cry out for foreign investment. They may also argue that the rebels from the Western Mountains and the city of Misrata should be given the most powerful positions in any new government since they did most of the fighting while the ones in Benghazi dealt with administration. The bitterness was palpable on the frontlines along the desert plains in the West, even though different rebel groups took part in the advance. The rebels from Benghazi were portrayed as outsiders who were often late in delivering weapons and other supplies to their counterparts. Rebels in the leadership structure will have to figure out ways to defuse tensions among their ranks while trying to run Libya. "Talking over Tripoli will be very complex and trying. Just organizing the feeding of the rebels and getting supplies in will be tough, especially since Gaddafi's people have been busy digging trenches to prepare," said Bokhari. "But running the country will be much tougher for the rebels. Finding people who everyone accepts will be the challenge." (Additional reporting by William Maclean in London and Christian Lowe in Algiers; editing by Maria Golovnina) (Reporting By Maria Golovnina) World Libya Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) diddums wrote: Of course Lybians will not be able to rule themselves. Where is Bremner, he can write a new constitution for them. Banks from the west are probably already setting up their websites. Haliburton for reconstruction maybe? Aug 21, 2011 4:01pm EDT -- Report as abuse Plaisham wrote: Soooo…it’s years and years of tribal warfare coming??? lol who would have guessed. And I see no way of stopping it. It will eventually become another Muslim stronghold…period Aug 21, 2011 4:12pm EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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