TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Nearly 2,000 demonstrators have gathered in the Libyan capital in support of a Switzerland-based Libyan businessman who had called for a rally to reject the leadership of both main sides in the divided country. Basit Igtet has sought political entree in the oil-rich country before and has recently gathered thousands of Facebook followers and proposed himself as a potential leader for the country, split between rival militia-backed factions in the east and west. Both sides opposed the rally, and hundreds of counter-demonstrators attended and shouted anti-Igtet slogans. Libya sank into chaos following the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed leaders Moammar Gadhafi.
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