Another Video Of Gaddafi's Death
Rebel factions which ended his 42-year rule appear to be still wrangling over the body, amid wider negotiations on dividing up power.
The killing of the 69-year-old in his hometown of Sirte ended a nervous, two-month hiatus since the motley rebel forces of the National Transitional Council overran the capital Tripoli and ended eight months of war - though Gaddafi's son and heir-apparent Saif al-Islam is still at large.
NTC officials said negotiations were going on with Gaddafi's tribal kinsmen from Sirte and within the interim leadership over where and how to dispose of the bodies - and on what the Misratans might receive in return for co-operation.
Yet few Libyans seem troubled about either how Gaddafi and his entourage were killed or why they are being kept exposed for so long in what seemed a grim parody of the lying in state often reserved for deceased national leaders.
'God made the pharaoh as an example to the others,' said Salem Shaka, who was viewing the bodies on Monday. 'If he had been a good man, we would have buried him.
'But he chose this destiny for himself.'
Another man, who said he had driven 400 km (250 miles) to see the bodies, said: 'I came here to make sure with my own eyes ... All Libyans must see him.'
The killing of the 69-year-old in his hometown of Sirte ended a nervous, two-month hiatus since the motley rebel forces of the National Transitional Council overran the capital Tripoli and ended eight months of war - though Gaddafi's son and heir-apparent Saif al-Islam is still at large.
NTC officials said negotiations were going on with Gaddafi's tribal kinsmen from Sirte and within the interim leadership over where and how to dispose of the bodies - and on what the Misratans might receive in return for co-operation.
Yet few Libyans seem troubled about either how Gaddafi and his entourage were killed or why they are being kept exposed for so long in what seemed a grim parody of the lying in state often reserved for deceased national leaders.
'God made the pharaoh as an example to the others,' said Salem Shaka, who was viewing the bodies on Monday. 'If he had been a good man, we would have buried him.
'But he chose this destiny for himself.'
Another man, who said he had driven 400 km (250 miles) to see the bodies, said: 'I came here to make sure with my own eyes ... All Libyans must see him.'
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