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Summary Libyan rebel commander said Gaddafi regimes foreign minister Abdelati al-Obeidi has been arrested.
Libyan rebels arrested foreign minister Abdelati al-Obeidi, a key figure of Moamer Gaddafis regime, a senior rebel commander said.Yes, Abdelati al-Obeidi was arrested, Mahdi al-Harati, vice chairman of the rebel military council, told journalists in the capital without giving further details.Weve heard that he was arrested today, near Janzur, a suburb west of Tripoli, Mohammed Elkish, a media liaison official for the National Transitional Council said.Obeidi became foreign minister following the defection of Mussa Kussa on March 31. Many high-ranking officials turned their backs on Gaddafis regime after demonstrations that erupted in mid-February escalated into all-out war.Seif al-Islam, the fugitive son of Gaddafi, said in an audio tape on Damascus-based Arabic-language channel Al-Rai that he was still in Tripoli and the fight against rebels goes on.I am talking to you from a suburb of Tripoli, he said. We want to reassure the Libyan people that we are still here. The resistance continues and victory is near.
