Gaddafi 'being tracked by satellite'

Senior official says NTC knows fugitive former Libyan leader's whereabouts in southern desert, as Sirte fighting rages.

The war in Libya seems to coming to an end as government fighters continue their offensive on Sirte’s District 2, last remaining enclave of pro-Gaddafi loyalists. Furthermore, Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) asserted on Thursday that satellites have tracked down Muammar Gaddafi in the southern desert region of the country. After the imminent liberation of Sirte, Gaddafi’s capture will follow, claim government fighters. NTC’s oil minister has promised to investigate suspicious oil contracts during Gaddafi’s regime and to tackle corruption through special committees. However, Amnesty International has reported human rights abuses by the NTC and government fighters, for several groups of bodies have been found ihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn Sirte in the last few days, shot with their hands tied up, wrapped in plastic film―presumably civilians who refused to fight. NATO has already started taking steps towards lifting the no-fly zone by signing an agreement with NTC that will open air corridors for civilian flights.

Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/10/201110140613310311.html

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Libya’s future is surrounded by an atmosphere of profound uncertainty. As the end of the war seems to be materialising, Gaddafi loyalists are still offering strong resistance and the capture of the former dictator remains on hold. The evidence of arbitrary killings of civilians by government fighters is reminiscent of Gaddafi’s oppression of its people when the revolution began in February, and raises questions about how the NTC will manage to build a liberal democracy. After the horrors of Gaddafi’s regime, no one wants Libya turning into a quasi military regime as Egypt seems to be. Besides, the humanitarian situation of civilians in Sirte’s district 2 is critical after a month of siege, and so is the case of the refugee camps all along the Libyan borders. The issue of oil production is of utmost importance―if profits are well managed and corruption is persecuted, it has the potential of lifting Libyans out of the misery brought by months of conflict.