A senior Libyan rebel leader told local officials and residents in Misrata on Monday that he would stay out of their bloody feud with neighboring Tawergha, a loyalist town that served as staging ground for the devastating siege of the rebel-controlled city by Col. Moammar Gadhafi's troops this year. Anti-Gaddafi forces regroup outside Gaddafi's hometown as at least 15 are killed outside an oil refinery in Ras Lanuf. Video and image courtesy of Reuters. That conflict illustrates a struggle for the National Transitional Council as rebels battle remaining regime holdout areas in the interior and south: how to reconcile the hatred between rebels and loyalists that bred during more than six months of fighting and dredged up old tribal feuds. Tawergha, which rebels seized last month, now stands on the front line of this struggle. It also serves as a cautionary tale of what awaits Libya if the sort of victors' justice Tawergha has endured for weeks is repeated as rebels move into other pro-Gadhafi cities.[Read more...]