2 - Friday, October 11, 2013 The Michigan Daily = michigandaily.com 2 - Friday, October 11, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com ANDREWWEINER KIRBYVOIGTMAN Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-418-4115 ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 anweiner@michigandaily.com kvoigtman@michigandaily.com LEFT Students gather on the Diag to participate in a "freeze out," a silent demonstration to bring about awareness of minority experiences in college. (Paul Sherman/Daily) TOP RIGHT Last weekend, the Navy ROTC came in second place overall in a Drill Competition at the University of Wisconsin. They presented their trophies to their commanding officer at the Dental School Thursday. (Tracy Ko/Daily) BOTTOM RIGHT LSA senior Rebecca Villegas, LSA sophomore Brain.Garcia and LSA freshman Maria Lopez participate in the freeze out. "This event is great because... it's time for us to stand up for our rights," said Lopez. 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The brazen seizure of Prime Minister Ali Zidan heightened the alarm over the power of unruly militias that virtually hold the weak central govern- ment hostage. Many of the mili- tias include Islamic militants and have ideologies similar to al-Qai- da's. The armed bands regularly use violence to intimidate offi- cials to sway policies, gunning down security officials and kid- nappingtheir relatives. At the same time, the state relies on militias to act as secu- rity forces, since the police and military remain in disarray after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in 2011. The militias are rooted in the bri- gades that fought in the uprising and are often referred to as "revo- lutionaries." Many militias are paid by the Defense or Interior ministries - which are in charge of the military and police respectively - althoughthe ministries are still unable to control them. Not only was Zidan abducted by militiamen who officially work in a state body, it took other mili- tias to rescue him by storming the site where he was held in the capital. "The abduction is like the shock that awakened Libyans. Facts on the ground now are clearer than never before: Libya *LOH5 is ruled by militias," said promi- nent rights campaigner Hassan al-Amin. Zidan's abduction came before dawn Thursday, when about 150 gunmen in pickup trucks stormed the luxury Corinthia Hotel in downtown Tripoli, wit- nesses told The Associated Press. They swarmed into the hobby and some charged up to Zidan's residence on the 21st floor. The gunmen scuffled with Zidan's guards before they seized him and led him out at around 5:15 a.m., said the witnesses, speaking on condition of ano- nymity because they feared for their own safety. They said Zidan offered no resistance. In-the afternoon, government spokesman Mohammed Kaabar told the LANA news agency that Zidan had been "set free." A militia commander affiliated with the Interior Ministry said his fighters, along with armed groups from two Tripoli dis- tricts, Souq Jomaa and Tajoura, ' stormed the house where Zidan was being held, exchanged fire with the captors, and rescued him. "He is now safe in a safe place," said Haitham al-Tajouri, com- mander of the Reinforcement Force, in an interview with Al- Ahrar TV. Zidan later appeared at a Cabinet session that was broad- cast live. He thanked those who helped free him but gave no details and avoided blaming those behind the abduction. "We hope this matter will be treated with wisdom and ratio- nality, far from tension," he said. "There are many things that need dealing with." The abduction was carried out by two state-affiliated mili- tia groups, the Revolutionaries Operation Room and the Anti- Crime Department. They put out statements saying they had "arrested" Zidan on accusations of harming state security and corruption. The public prosecu- tor's office said it had issued no such warrant. UNCREDITED/AP Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, speaks with Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Abdel-fattah el-Sissi,'left, at a military base in Ismailia Egypt. ..sent entiEgypt rises as State Dep.halts aid Cancellation is result of former pres. Morsi ousting in July CAIRO (AP) - Washington's decision to withhold millions of dollars in mostly military aid to Egypt is fueling anti-U.S. senti- ment and the perception that Washington supports Moham- med Morsi, the Islamist presi- dent the military ousted in a July coup. That could boost the popu- larity of the military chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, whom the U.S. is trying to pres- sure to ensure a transition to democracy and ease the fierce crackdown on Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. The aid freeze could also embolden Morsi's supporters to intensify their campaign of street protests in the belief that the military-backed govern- ment is losing the goodwill of its top foreign backer. The pro- tests, met by a fierce response by security forces that has left hundreds dead, have kept the new government from tackling Egypt's pressing problems after 2 a/ years of turmoil. Still, Egypt's military-backed government is unlikely to aban- don the road map it announced when Morsi was removed in a July 3 coup - to amend the nation's Islamist-tilted consti- tution and put the changes to a nationwide vote before the end of the year, and hold parliamen- tary and presidential ballots in early 2014. "Egypt is not so desperate that it needs to compromise on its political agenda," the U.S.- based global intelligence firm, Stratfor, wrote this week. "The United States will be the one to eventually readjust to the old reality of backing unpopular regimes that can preserve U.S. influence in the Nile River Val- ley." Warnings that Washington might cut off aid were met with a defiant response in the Egyp- tian media. "Let American aid go to hell," screamed the banner headline of Thursday's edition of Al-Tahrir, an independent daily that is a sworn critic of the Brotherhood and the United States. Egyptian newspapers and television have for weeks taken a deeply hostile line toward the United States, portraying Wash- ington as unhappy to see Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood lose power and lambasting it for allegedly meddling in Cairo's affairs. The U.S. announced it was freezing hundreds of mil- lions of dollars in aid, most of it meant for the armed forces, as a show of displeasure over Morsi's ouster and the subse- quent crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist allies. Washington said the aid would be restored if "credible progress" was made toward set- ting up an inclusive, democrati- cally elected government. In its announcement Wednesday, the U.S. State Department did not provide a dollar amount of what was being withheld, most of itlinked to military aid, but officials in Washington said it included 10 Apache helicopters at a cost of more than $500 million, M1A1 tank kits and Harpoon anti- ship missiles. 4 v + A