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 * 1) Mustafa Abdul Jalil
 * 2) Libya – Libya is in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Egypt in the east, Chad and Niger in the south, Sudan in the southeast, and Algeria and Tunisia in the west. The country is quite large, 679,362 square miles, and around the size of Alaska. It has the longest coastline along the Mediterranean Sea in Africa. Libya has a desert-like climate, but along the coast they experience a sub-tropical climate. The Libyan Desert covers most of the country. Because of this, 90% of Libya’s 6.5 million people live in 10% of the country (near the coast). Their main export is oil, which made them one of the richest African nations. Libya has one of the highest GDP per capita of African countries. The majority of the population is Sunni Muslim.
 * 3) Abdul Jalil was born in Bayda in 1952. He studied at the University of Libya, majoring in law and Islamic law. Jalil was a lawyer and then a judge in Bayda before becoming a part of Gaddafi's regime. Mustafa Abdul Jalil was the first member of Libya’s General People’s Committee to oppose excessive use of violence against unarmed protestors. Abdul Jalil was the Minister of Justice under Muammar al-Gaddafi (Officially he was known as the Secretary of the General People's Committee of Justice). He became the chairman of NTC after seeing the aggression against protestors.
 * 4) Human Rights Watch commends Abdul Jalil’s stances on human rights violations during Gaddafi's regime. A representative of Human Rights Watch said that Abdul Jalil has had, “reportedly taken a strong stance against arbitrary arrests and prolonged detention without trial.” The Human Rights Watch is a nongovernment organization that tries to get the attention of local media and media around the world to talk about human rights issues in countries around the world. Their main goal is to promote human rights and justice the world over. Abdul Jalil opposes the wrongful imprisonment of people even after they have been acquitted of their crimes and Gaddafi's killing of innocent civilians. These views on human rights violations are shared between the Human Rights Watch and Abdul Jalil. Another person who supports Mustafa Abdul Jalil's positions is Foreign Secretary William Hague. He recognizes Abdul Jalil as the "legitimate representative of the Libyan people." The British don't recognize the transitional government, but are in favor of the NTC. William Hague, David Cameron, other British officials, and Mustafa Abdul Jalil all share the view that Gaddafi needs to stand down and the real problems of Libya need to be dealt with. Mustafa Abdul Jalil doesn't have that many alliances with other African countries for a variety of reasons. A country that shares the same positions as Libya is Egypt. They experienced a revolution much like Libya, and they can empathize what Libyans are going through. Egyptians have flocked to Libya to offer assistance and have showed there support numerous time. Some could be that they don't trust him yet, or that they still support Gaddafi. Furthermore, most countries in Africa have many conflicts within their own countries to be worrying about Abdul Jalil. Given time, alliances will spark and as Libya settles down other countries will begin diplomatic relations.
 * 5) Muammar al-Gaddafi has left a whole host of problems for Abdul Jalil to correct as chief of the transitional government. First and for most, Mustafa must protect the citizens of Libya from attacks of Gadaffi's men and from other rebel groups. Abdul Jalil has experience in the judicial system of Libya, and he must continue to prosecute anybody who breaks laws and commits crime(s). A step that Jalil took recently to eliminate corruption was releasing all of his executive council, suspected of hiring a militia man to kill one of Jalil's military leaders. The fight goes on to protect the citizens of Libya from Gaddafi scrambling to regain any control over the government he has recently lost. Gaddafi's forty plus year regime hasn't allowed for any elections and until Libya can get onto its feet again, Mustafa Abdul Jalil will act as leader. Libya should be thankful that Jalil is their leader because he has fought for citizens human rights, even during Gaddafi's regime. He disliked citizens being kept in jail after their charges were dropped and citizens not receiving due process of law. Abdul Jalil can minimally help with increasing productivity of the oil industry in Libya that has made it one of the wealthiest nations in Africa. Economically, Libya has little reason for concern. Though Abdul could try and improe Libya's environment by trying to decrease urbanization (a large amount of Libya's population lives in an urban environment).

This is a picture of a wounded rebel who was fighting against pro-Gadaffi militia men. Because of Gadaffi, Libya is very war-torn. B.R.Q. March 8, 2011. Mideast Libya This is a picture of protestors mourning the death of a person killed in the conflict. B.R.Q. March 5, 2011. LIBYA-EAST/BENGHAZI-TOLL

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 * B.R.Q. "LIBYA-EAST/BENGHAZI-TOLL." //Flickr.com//. 5 March 2011.
 * B.R.Q. "Mideast Libya." //Flickr.com.// 8 March 2011