NTC rejects foreign military presence, says UN envoy

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Libya’s interim leadership, the NTC, rejects the idea of a foreign military presence in the country as it recovers from six months of conflict and works to form a new government following Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall, says UN special envoy Ian Martin.
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AFP - Libyan rebels may not want foreign troops, but they will need outside help getting used to a democracy they have never known, according to the UN's chief planner for life after Moamer Kadhafi.

Ian Martin, special advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has been working for months on how to revive political life in a country with virtually "no living memory of elections".

The UN does not expect the National Transitional Council (NTC) to ask for military observers, Martin said after a UN Security Council meeting on the conflict.

"It's very clear that the Libyans want to avoid any kind of military deployment of the UN or others," he said.

But the United Nations could organize an international force of police trainers and monitors to help the country, which Ban said recently was "awash" with weapons following the six-month uprising inspired by the Arab Spring.

http://www.france24.com/en/20110831-libya-national-trabsitional-council-rejects-foreign-military-presence-says-un-envoy

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1. It's déjà vu all over again