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Some Libyan government troops say they have no choice but to fight. Many are certain they are battling foreign extremists seeking to take over Libya.
They also said they found identity papers of fighters from other countries, including Niger, evidence of Kadafi's recruitment of foreign mercenaries to fight Libyan rebels.
, he said, "told us that we were going to fight Al Qaeda, Afghans, Algeria, and that they were using local civilians as human shields."
Now that he's seen that they were actually fighting Libyans, he said, he will stay "with [his] brothers until everything is over."
"told us that we were going to fight Al Qaeda, Afghans, Algeria, and that they were using local civilians as human shields."