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Libya’s Interim Leadership Releases Its Members’ Names

( N.Y. Times ) - The Transitional National Council, recognised by 57 nations as the legitimate interim government of Libya, released the names of all of its members on Saturday for the first time and promised to increase its roster rapidly to provide representation to newly liberated parts of the country.

In interviews and a news conference, the council members said they were moving as quickly as possible to send representatives to Tripoli to dispel any doubts of tribal conflict or a split between the east, where the Libyan revolution began in this city, and the capital.

Eight members of the council and most of the executive board, which acts as a rebel governing body, have already arrived in Tripoli, and more will soon follow, according to the council’s vice chairman, Abdul Hafidh Ghoga.

Although the capital’s airport had been closed because of shelling from forces still loyal to Col. Muammar Al Qathafi, they flew in a rebel aircraft to Misurata, which was recently liberated, and then went by road to Tripoli, he said.

Sounding ebullient from recent victories, the council members struck a conciliatory note, telling their fighters not to indulge in extrajudicial killings or revenge attacks, and calling on loyalist holdouts in cities like Sirte to surrender and avoid more bloodshed.

But they also warned that any officials who had not already defected from the Al Qathafi regime would be barred from future participation in political life, and might be prosecuted criminally.

Throughout most of the rebellion, the 31-member council revealed the names of only 13 of its members, citing security reasons.

That led some critics to express concern that some of the others might be Islamic extremists who had previously been in the forefront of the internal struggle against Colonel Al Qathafi.

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