Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- After emerging from the rubble of Moammar Gadhafi's Baba az' Azia palace late in August, Abdul Hakim Belhaj seized control as the military commander of Tripoli. 

An Islamist who had taken little public part in the spring uprising against Gadhafi, he claimed his soldiers had won the symbolic battle for the palace, the heart of the Libyan strongman's regime. By taking control of Tripoli, Belhaj gained authority over a third of the country's population and a major slice of its wealth. 

It was a power play that other opposition fighters bitterly resented. 

Abdullah Naker, one of several rival commanders, claims his fighters endured far tougher and more significant battles than the siege of Gadhafi's palace, not least the struggle to win control of Tripoli's main international airport that lasted several days. 

In an interview with CNN he downplayed Belhaj's success and threatened confrontation, as internal divisions threaten to pull apart the coalition that brought Gadhafi down. 

"Who is Abdulhakim Belhaj and who appointed him?" Naker asks. "We don't know him. We are the leaders, we are the revolutionists, we know everything." 

Naker echoes a much wider complaint that Belhaj is actually a stooge of the Qataris. 

"We know that Abdulhakim Belhaj was in a school and Qatar sends him money to buy weapons," he said. 

In Tripoli today it's a commonly held belief that Belhaj's Tripoli Military Council is getting direct funding from Qatar. These concerns come amid reports that a NATO delegation traveled to Qatar last week to raise the issue. 
Where did Abdul Hakim Belha seize control?
Is Abdul an Islamist?
What did Abdul gain by taking control of Tripoli?
Did Belhaj ever talk to CNN?
What country did people think was behind Belhau's Council?
Is Naker a fan of Belhaj?
Was Gadhafi's palace cleaned by Abdul and his suppoerters?
Does Naker say that Belhaj is backed by the Qataris?
What month was Moammar Gadhafi's palace destroyed?
Tripoli
Tripoli
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An Islamist who had taken little public part in the spring uprising against Gadhafi, he claimed his soldiers had won the symbolic battle for the palace
He gained authority over a third of the country's population and a major slice of its wealth.
 Belhaj gained authority over a third of the country's population and a major slice of its wealth. 
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In an interview with CNN he downplayed Belhaj's success and threatened confrontation, as internal divisions threaten to pull apart the coalition that brought Gadhafi down. 
the Qataris
Belhaj is actually a stooge of the Qataris
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In an interview with CNN he downplayed Belhaj's success and threatened confrontation, as internal divisions threaten to pull apart the coalition that brought Gadhafi down. 
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unknown
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"We know that Abdulhakim Belhaj was in a school and Qatar sends him money to buy weapons," he said. 
in August
After emerging from the rubble of Moammar Gadhafi's Baba az' Azia palace late in August