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Deepening divides stop Libyan families returning home

  • Gaddafi used Tawergha as base for missile attacks

  • Residents say now face persecution, arrests

  • Nearby Misrata says wants justice for war crimes

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian

TRIPOLI, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Every day, Ibtisam Mohammed Salem's children ask her when they will go back to their home in the abandoned Libyan town of Tawergha. Although she wants to reassure them, she fears they will have a long wait.

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