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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:27 PM
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Hundreds of Libyan prisoners freed (BBC video)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15604542

5 November 2011 Last updated at 01:49 ET Help
In Libya, the National Transitional Council is releasing hundreds of prisoners, many suspected Gaddafi loyalists, ahead of a major religious festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15604542

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And the Zintan FFs who caused a ruckus in Tripoli the other day, are now the butt of jokes of many Libyans

Libyan4life Assia Bashir Amry
Reading lots of jokes about the #Zintan revolutionaries. They are about to replace the Tarhouni's as the butt of jokes. #LibyanProblems
6 hours ago

youngamazigh youngamazigh
@Libyan4life zintan have done some pretty embarrassing things to themselves.
5 hours ago

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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:58 PM
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1. who/what are "Zintan FFs"?
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 11:13 PM
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2. They Would be Freedom Fighters from the City of Zintan
I sure some examples were provided. A quick search only yielded the following, which has some references to the image of people from Zintan:

http://feb17.info/news/libya-militias-taking-law-into-own-hands/
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