When NATO liberates

"Rival militias from western Libya clashed Wednesday in the coastal town of Zuwara for a fourth consecutive day, with scores of people cut down in a hail of anti-aircraft and mortar fire that the country’s interim authorities appear powerless to contain.  The fighting, pitting Zuwara’s ethnic Berbers against Arab militiamen from the neighboring cities of al-Jumail and Regdalin, highlights the extent to which tensions from last year’s war persist despite the fall of longtime leader Moammar Kadafi.  Zuwarans quickly joined the opposition insurgents last year, receiving training in Tunisian camps, while residents of Regdalin fought for Kadafi. Tensions between the two camps have remained strained since, with both sides alleging the other committed serious abuses while carefully guarding their territory.  Twenty-two people, including women and children, have been killed in the current fighting, which reportedly was sparked Sunday by an accidental shooting of a Regdalin resident by Zuwaran game hunters and quickly evolved into full-blown warfare after Zuwaran militiamen were taken hostage."