September 11, 2011 9:18 PM

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Gaddafi still has money to buy fighter, NTC Chief warns

The head of the Libyan national transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has warned that Colonel Gaddafi still has money to buy fighters and is not finished. He was speaking after arriving in the capital Tripoli for the first time since Col. Gaddafi's forces were driven out. Pro-Gaddafi forces have been putting up stiff resistance. Reports say, the operation by Libya's transitional authority to consolidate their control over the whole country is taking longer than expected. Yesterday, Libyan provisional government forces backed by NATO launched an assault on one of the last remaining strongholds of the ousted leader. The fighters encountered stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists in the desert town of Bani Walid, a day after they pushed into the town.

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