How Moderate is the Libyan Leadership?

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After helping to overthrow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, western powers are worried about the promise to establish Sharia law there. But the leader of the transitional council assures the world that Libyans are moderates. The CBC’s Derek Stoffel reports from Misrata.

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