Libyan rebels seized control of Muammar Qaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, capturing weapons and documents, as one of their leaders sought to avert a wave of retribution against former regime supporters.
Mahmoud Jebril, a member of the National Transitional Council, called on Libyans to unite and build a “modern nation” without acting on their own to settle scores.
“After the transition and elections, people who suffered injustices will regain their rights,” he said at a press conference in Doha, Qatar.
Rebels broadened their hunt the elusive Qaddafi as fighting against regime loyalists flared elsewhere, including around the southern city of Sabha, rebel officials said. Sabha is a regime stronghold that is home to a major military base.
“As long as Qaddafi remains in Libya, then there will be no security,” Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, vice president of the rebel National Transitional Council, said in a telephone interview from Benghazi. “He must be finished off, either through death or capture.”
Oil advanced for a second day amid signs that a recovery in Libyan crude production may take longer than expected. Output from Libya, which has the largest proven reserves of any African country, dropped to 100,000 barrels a day in July, down from the 1.6 million barrels pumped before the uprising started.
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