Libyan Rebels' Books Detail Their Fighters' Pay - Wall Street Journal

BY CHARLES LEVINSON

TRIPOLI—Libya's ruling rebel National Transitional Council, opening its books to try to fight questions over its legitimacy and allegations of corruption, revealed how little funding passed through its hands to the militia forces that helped depose Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

Reviewed exclusively by The Wall Street Journal ahead of their planned Tuesday release to the public, the books detail how the rebel government spent approximately 1.2 billion Libyan dinars ($975 million) from March to the end of September—a period spanning from around the time of its formation to the weeks after Col. Gadhafi's late-August flight from power.

About 80% went to ...