Libya: Fighting in Bani Walid , confusion gadafistas arrests

Confusion reigned in Libya after contradictory official statements gadafistas arrests while fighting in the country's west left dozens dead and wounded when a year after the death of Muammar Gaddafi. On the occasion of this anniversary, the authorities estimated that the country was not "fully liberated" from Gaddafi's regime, citing the city of Bani Walid, where renewed fighting between rebel fighters and former gadafistas left at least 26 dead and over 200 injured. The prime minister's office said in a brief statement the arrest of one of the last supporters of Muammar Gaddafi, his spokesman Musa Ibrahim, "by transitional government forces at a roadblock Tarhuna", between Tripoli and Bani Walid. Hours later, the authorities seemed to recant and Ibrahim Musa denied himself arrested in an audio recording posted on the Internet. "Regarding reports of my arrest, this is an attempt to divert attention from the crimes committed by NATO rebels against our people in Bani Walid," he said in a recording whose authenticity could not be verified. Rumors circulated contradictory announcements and also on the detention of other officials of the former regime, including Khamis , Gaddafi's youngest son, as yours for dead in October 2011. This confusion coincides with the first anniversary of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, on October 20, 2011, after a revolution started in mid-February of this year that soon became armed conflict.