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In [[Libya]]'s civil war of 2011, the '''Interim National Transitional Council''' is the umbrella rebel organization. While it is not quite an organized shadow or alternative government, it has been recognized by [[France]] and seeks other diplomatic relations in the pursuit of legitimacy.
During the [[Arab Spring#Civil war in Libya|Libyan civil war]] of February to October 2011, the '''National Transitional Council'''<ref>[http://www.ntclibya.com/Default.aspx?SID=1&ParentID=0&LangID=1  The Libyan National Transitional Council – Official Website]</ref> acted as the rebels' representative body, and  it came to be generally recognised as the legimate representative body of the people of Libya. Under the terms of the draft constitutional charter of August 2011, the National Transitional Council is to continue to function as the Government of Libya until immediately after the election of a President and a legislative assembly<ref>[http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/238344-libya-draft-constitutional-charter-for-the.html ''Draft Constitutional Council for the Transitional Stage'', National Transitional Council, August 2011]</ref>.
The leader of the Council during the civil war was, Mahmoud Jibril He resigned at the end of the war d and the leadership of the Council was assumed, first by Ali Tarhouni and then by [[Arab Spring/Catalogs#Abdurrahim el-Keeb|Abdurrahim el-Keeb]].
The membership of a new National Transitional Council  was announced on  22 November  2011<ref>[http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=1&i=7348 ''Surprises as Libya's PM Names Transitional Cabinet'', Tripoli Post, 23/11/2011]</ref>.


Its leaders include people previously in the [[Muammar Gaddafi]] government, such as Mahmoud Jibril, a U.S.-educated professor and former best friend of [[Saif Gaddafi]], the influential son of Colonel Gaddafi. Jibril was urged back, by the younger Gaddafi, to help in economic policy, but became the TNC foreign affairs representative.  <ref name=WaPo2011-04-17>{{citation
| url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gaddafis-son-we-will-deal-with-terrorists-first-then-we-will-talk-reform/2011/04/17/AFbTpHvD_story.html
| journal = Washington Post
| title = Gaddafi’s son: We will deal with terrorists first and then talk reform
| date = 17 April 2011
| author = Simon Denyer}}</ref>
It is generally accepted that intelligence personnel of several nations are talking with the TNC, and probably observing in-country, but their efforts are considered [[plausible deniability|deniable]]. No overt outside military personnel help the TNC on the ground.
==Positions and composition==
Leadership of the Council is largely made up of technocrat who had resigned from the government before the rebellion. Many were brought into the government by Saif Gaddafi. There are also representatives from each major rebel city, virtually all of which are in East Libya.
Heading the Council is [[Mustafa Abdul-Jalil]], had been  justice minister and was the first high-level official to join the rebels. Gen. [[Abdel-Fattah Younis]], who had headed the police as Interior Minster, quit the government after the revolt had started, and now is their military commander. <ref name=AP2011-04-11>{{citation
| url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110411/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya_rebel_leaders_1
| journal = Associated Press
| title = Rebel leaders born from lost hopes in Gadhafi son
|author = Ben Hubbard | date = 11 April 2011}}</ref>
==Criticism by Gaddafi government==
Saidf Gaddafi said “We want the Americans tomorrow to send a fact-finding mission to find out what happened in Libya. We want Human Rights Watch to come here and to find out exactly what happened,” he said. “We are not afraid of the International Criminal Court. We are confident and sure that we didn’t commit any crime against our people.”
He claimed that the opposition is made of terrorists led by [[al-Qaeda]], and suffer from internal divisions. In addition, he denied that government forces had killed hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators.
==Anaysis of terrorism claims==
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During the Libyan civil war of February to October 2011, the National Transitional Council[1] acted as the rebels' representative body, and it came to be generally recognised as the legimate representative body of the people of Libya. Under the terms of the draft constitutional charter of August 2011, the National Transitional Council is to continue to function as the Government of Libya until immediately after the election of a President and a legislative assembly[2]. The leader of the Council during the civil war was, Mahmoud Jibril He resigned at the end of the war d and the leadership of the Council was assumed, first by Ali Tarhouni and then by Abdurrahim el-Keeb. The membership of a new National Transitional Council was announced on 22 November 2011[3].

  1. ↑ The Libyan National Transitional Council – Official Website
  2. ↑ Draft Constitutional Council for the Transitional Stage, National Transitional Council, August 2011
  3. ↑ Surprises as Libya's PM Names Transitional Cabinet, Tripoli Post, 23/11/2011
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