Für West-Libyen vermelden Menschenrechtler, dass Gaddafi-Anhängern dort in die Hände geschossen wurde, um ihren Verrat kenntlich zu machen. Solange der Übergangsrat nicht in der Lage ist, seine Soldaten zur Disziplin zu zwingen, dürften derartige Gewalttaten nun, da Armee und Milizen die Gaddafi-Hochburgen räumen, zunehmen.
The danger of civil bloodshed imperils a post-Qaddafi Libya more generally. Already, Libyan rebels in the east have exacted revenge on Qaddafi loyalists, many of whom worked for his feared revolutionary committees. In western Libya, human-rights workers have reported that the Qaddafi’s supporters have been shot in the hand to mark their treachery. With the NTC unable to impose discipline on its soldiers, such violence is likely to increase as army soldiers and militias evacuate Qaddafi strongholds.