Hala mustafa , a cairo-based expert on terrorism and fundamentalism says that she thinks that the yemeni government is resorting to releasing prisoners to avoid any future attacks on its soil , due to the strength of al-qaida inside the country .
Opposition leader mustafa abdel jalil told a news conference late thursday night that abdel fatah younis and two officers working for him were gunned down by assailants and that the head of those assailants had been arrested , but offered no further details .
Mustafa abdel jalil , who leads the rebel national transitional council , said on tuesday that if loyalists in sirte didn 't surrender by saturday , rebels would storm the city .
Qureyna , a libyan newspaper , reported that the justice minister , mustafa abdel-jalil , had stepped down from his post citing " excessive use of force against unarmed protesters " .
Mustafa abdel jalil , head of the benghazi-based rebel council , told al jazeera television that the leader 's son had been captured , saying he had ordered that he be treated well " so that he can face trial " .