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Representatives from 25 Libyan local councils have met for the first time in Abu Dhabi, expressing support for the uprising against longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi.
This is first time that leaders from councils and tribes in south and west Libya, away from the heartland of the rebellion in the east, have been able to meet. A representative from Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, was among the more than 20 delegates in attendance on Monday. The conference called for international recognition of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and for providing the rebels with advanced weaponry, they say, is needed to defeat Gaddafi's better-armed troops.
Representatives from smaller, beleaguered western cities such as Zwara used the meeting as a platform to publicise their sufferings, which have received less attention than Benghazi and Misurata, a western city and Libya's third-largest that has been besieged by Gaddafi's forces for months. The delegates will travel to Doha, the Qatari capital, later this week, and then convene for the first time in Benghazi on Friday. The show of unity may also help the opposition forces convince a skittish market to buy oil from rebel-held eastern Libya. So far, the NTC has only been able to sell around one million barrels to Qatar for $120 million. But on Monday, Aref Ali Nayed, a representative for the council abroad, said the council will sell oil through international tenders.
