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Tensions mount in Libya after deadly unrest
[Bangla Daily Star] Local officials called for civil disobedience including strikes for three days from in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday after deadly festivities between radical Islamist fighters and the army.The call issued by Benghazi's city council came as defence ministry officials, according to a source, were in talks with jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Tunisia and Yemen, with the Tunisian version currently most active... to provide its fighters a safe passage out of the city on condition they leave their weapons behind. For several hours on Monday the army clashed with the jihadists after one of its patrols was attacked near the headquarters of Ansar al-Sharia, a group blamed for the killing of the US ambassador in 2012. The health ministry said seven people were killed in the fighting and around 50 maimed, revising an earlier toll of eight dead. The fighting subsided in the afternoon and later the army deployed across Benghazi, taking control of key roads, an AFP correspondent reported. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-27 |
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