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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Libya declares "liberation," Gaddafi stays unburied | 1:22am EDT U.S. rating likely to be downgraded again: Merrill 23 Oct 2011 Sarkozy yields on ECB crisis role, pressure on Italy | 23 Oct 2011 Obama to announce actions on housing, student loans 12:55am EDT Gaddafi's son shown speaking with Libya captors: TV 23 Oct 2011 Discussed 159 Gaddafi captured as he fled Sirte: NTC official 124 Strike shuts down Greece before austerity vote 83 Fraud case leaves California Democrats scrambling Watched GADDAFI BEATING: New footage showing last moments Thu, Oct 20 2011 Graphic video shows Gaddafi alive, manhandled before death Thu, Oct 20 2011 Libya officially declares liberation. Sun, Oct 23 2011 Libya declares "liberation," Gaddafi stays unburied Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Libyans struggle to bury Gaddafi and start afresh Sun, Oct 23 2011 Saadi Gaddafi "outraged" by killing of his father: lawyer Sun, Oct 23 2011 Timeline: Libya liberated says NTC Sun, Oct 23 2011 Libya's Misrata drives on hidden Gaddafi fuel stash Sun, Oct 23 2011 Analysis & Opinion Was it ethical to show gruesome images of the dying dictator Gaddafi? Islamist Ennahda woman candidate defies stereotypes in Tunisian election Related Topics World » United Nations » Libya » Related Video Liberation in Libya Sun, Oct 23 2011 Libya officially declares liberation. Tripoli prepares for 'liberation' 1 of 17. Libyan people with the Kingdom of Libya flags gather during celebrations for the liberation of Libya in Quiche, Benghazi October 23, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Esam Al-Fetori By Brian Rohan and Yasmine Saleh BENGHAZI, Libya | Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:22am EDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's new rulers declared the country freed from Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years of one-man rule, saying the "Pharaoh of the times" was in history's garbage bin and a future of democracy and reconciliation beckoned. But as thousands in Benghazi on Sunday heard the authorities announce "liberation," Gaddafi's rotting body, unburied and on public display in Misrata, was casting a shadow over the nation he once dominated. Some fear National Transitional Council (NTC) chief Mustafa Abdel Jalil, a mild-mannered former justice minister, will find it hard to impose his will on his fractious revolutionary alliance. They point to Misrata's insistence on displaying Gaddafi's body and that of his son Mo'tassim and to the lack of a clear account about how they met their end. No clear plan for Gaddafi's burial suggests to some analysts there is justification for fears of a descent into leaderless turmoil and armed infighting. Many Libyans and those in the international community will be hoping the country does not become dislodged from its democratic path, looking for encouragement toward Tunisia which held its first elections on Sunday after ousting President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali in January. Some Muslims will be vexed that Gaddafi has not been given a rapid burial as demanded by Islam, although few Libyans will have shared the outrage expressed by one of his exiled sons, Saadi, about the deaths of his father and brother Mo'tassim. At the Benghazi celebrations there was no direct reference to what some outsiders see as Misrata's ghoulish display. In a speech Jalil renewed an earlier promise to uphold Islamic law. "All the martyrs, the civilians and the army had waited for this moment. But now they are in the best of places ... eternal heaven," he said, shaking hands with supporters. There is international disquiet about increasingly graphic and disturbing images on the Internet of abuse of what appears to be Gaddafi following his capture and the fall of his hometown of Sirte on Thursday. But the immediate reaction to Sunday's announcement in Libya was jubilation. "We are the Libyans. We have shown you who we are Gaddafi, you Pharaoh of the times. You have fallen into the garbage bin of history," said lawyer Abdel Rahman el-Qeesy, who announced the creation of a new government portfolio to deal with victims of the conflict. "We declare to the whole world that we have liberated our beloved country, with its cities, villages, hilltops, mountains, deserts and skies," said an official who opened the ceremony in Benghazi, the place where the uprising erupted in February and which has been the headquarters for the NTC. Cheering crowds waved the tri-color flag. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations would help build a new Libya. U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the declaration of liberation. The announcement of "liberation" sets a clock ticking on a plan for a new government and constitutional assembly leading to full democracy in 2013. "We hope we will have an elected democratic government with broad participation," student Ali Abu Shufa said. Gaddafi promoted tribalism to keep the country divided, he said. "But now Gaddafi is dead, all the tribes will be united." VACUUM Gaddafi, who had vowed to fight to the end, was found hiding in a drain after fleeing Sirte, the last bastion of his loyalists. He died in chaotic circumstances after video footage showed him bloodied and struggling at the hands of his captors. With big oil and gas reserves, Libya has the potential to become very prosperous, but regional rivalries fostered by Gaddafi could erupt into yet more violence that would undermine the authority of Jalil's NTC. In Misrata, people queuing for a chance to see Gaddafi's body saw no reason for a rapid burial, apparently heedless of concern in Tripoli about how the NTC is perceived overseas. "We brought our children to see him today because this is a chance to see history," said a man who gave his name as Mohammed. "We want to see this arrogant person as a lifeless body. Let all the people see him." The declaration of liberation is intended to set the clock ticking on a process to set up a multiparty democracy, a system Gaddafi railed against for most of his 42 years in power. An autopsy has been performed, and a medical source told Reuters that Gaddafi's body had a bullet in the head and a bullet in the abdomen. "There are multiple injuries. There is a bullet in the abdomen and in the brain," the medical source said. The autopsy was carried out at a morgue in Misrata, about 200 km (130 miles) east of Tripoli. REGIONAL INFIGHTING The loosely disciplined militias that sprang up in each town to topple the dictator with the help of NATO air power are still armed. The places they represent will want a greater say in the future, particularly the second and third cities Benghazi and Misrata, which were starved of investment by Gaddafi. It was fighters from Misrata who emerged from a lengthy and bloody siege to play a large part in taking Tripoli and later caught Gaddafi. British Foreign Secretary (Minister) William Hague and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued separate calls for Libyans to avoid retribution and reprisals and seize a chance to build pluralism and the rule of law. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking on the NBC program "Meet the Press," said she would strongly support both a U.N. and an NTC investigation into Gaddafi's death. "Stand for unity and reconciliation, make it absolutely clear that everyone who stood with the old regime, as long as they don't have blood on their hands should be safe and included in a new Libya," she said. There is some unease abroad over what many believe was a summary execution of Gaddafi. U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has called for an investigation into the killing, but few Libyans share those concerns. SECRET GRAVE Gaddafi's surviving family, in exile, wants his body and that of Mo'tassim to be handed over to tribal kinsmen from Sirte. NTC officials said they were trying to arrange a secret resting place to avoid loyalist supporters making it a shrine. Misrata does not want his body under its soil. Saadi Gaddafi's lawyer said he was "shocked and outraged by the vicious brutality which accompanied the murders of his father and brother. "The contradictory statements issued by the NTC excusing these barbaric executions and the grotesque abuse of the corpses make it clear that no person affiliated with the former regime will receive a fair trial in Libya, nor will they receive justice for crimes committed against them," lawyer Nick Kaufman said in an email sent to Reuters. Libyan leaders have approved a request to open an investigation into Saadi over the murder of a footballer in 2005. (Additional reporting by Taha Zargoun in Sirte, Barry Malone and Jessica Donati in Tripoli, Rania El Gamal and Tim Gaynor in Misrata, Christian Lowe and Andrew Hammond in Tunis, Samia Nakhoul in Amman and Tom Pfeiffer at the Dead Sea, Jordan; Writing by Jon Hemming and William Maclean; Editing by Andrew Roche and Matthew Jones) World United Nations 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 (9) KenRinCares wrote: After hearing that Gaddafi did not declare himself as a leader the theory of him using the Libya as his own back yard to peruse dreams of success while partaking in defense tactics which turned out to be terrorist as his cold und excused killing without so much as a defined reason. I believe he really lost the standing after making statements that derogatory towards the questioned asked of him in regards to his activities towards the people. It is quit obvious that the people were not going to deal with drive by shootings, midnight not warned attacks, of gun fore from ground an air. Nor were the citizens of Libya going to be the targets for him to practice gorilla war and military tactics Right-On Libya Congratulations you have really brought a whole new opportunity to all the people of Libya Oct 23, 2011 8:55pm EDT -- Report as abuse Szbignewski wrote: “Gaddafi’s rotting body remained unburied and on show in Misrata” There are those who say “any publicity is good publicity” So long, Colonel… Oct 23, 2011 9:11pm EDT -- Report as abuse wisdomace wrote: The people that murdered and disrespected this Quaddaffi man, are as barbaric as he was. What makes them any better than him. It shudders me to think that these people are the future of Lybia. These people aren’t even civilized. If America wanted their oil , it seems to me they could have chosen a better method than this. Personally, I think America should have stayed out of this completely. They should withdraw from Iraq and Afganistan too. In my opinion, we should have never gone into any of these countries. 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