September 26, 2011 - The empty hallways echo with the sound of a slamming door as gusts of wind blow through the abandoned apartments. On the walls outside, the newly scrawled graffiti reads: "Traitors go to hell." Inside, the rooms smell of death. As Libya's opposition fighters battle for control of the last parts of the country still loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, these eerie, empty dwellings offer a grim omen of what the future may hold for those who fought for the deposed dictator. Until a few months ago, the town of Tawargha was home to about 30,000 people. Now only a few dozen men remain, hiding out in a wetlands area, sniping at anyone who approaches. The scrappy young rebels guarding the town say the loyalists emerge occasionally to scavenge for food. "From time to time we capture some of them," Hamza al Taeb said. "Three came to us because of hunger."....
