The West bears a portion of the blame for the ongoing unrest in Libya, where rival militias are locked in a heightened power struggle, according to a former close aide of the slain Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi.
"The West offered financial and military assistance to militants during their war to oust the Gaddafi regime. They later used this assistance to turn whole towns in Libya into strongholds of terrorists," Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, a cousin of Gaddafi, told dpa in Cairo.
