Libyan revolutionaries and human rights group insist "mercenaries" from Chad are playing a vital role in the fighting. Chadian sources vehemently deny this, pointing to "naturalised Libyans."
Ali Zeidan, spokesman of the exiled Libyan Human Rights League (LHRL), today repeated his strong allegations against alleged "mercenaries" being key to defend the Ghaddafi regime.
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The opposition media recalls that in the 1970s, and especially after the Chadian dictatorship in 1982, Chadians had poured into Libya to seek refuge. "There are an estimated 800,000 persons of Chadian origin in Libya, including tens of thousands with a Libyan passport, out of which an estimated 2,000 serve in the Libyan army," according to 'Al Wihda'.
As the dispute over possible Chadian mercenaries goes on, there are increased number of reports about a witch-hunt of sub-Saharan Africans in "liberated Libya", with arbitrary arrests of African-looking persons and occasional lynch mobs killing Africans.
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