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Car Bomb Targets Tripoli Militia, Kills One
[AnNahar] A boom-mobile went kaboom!Monday near the Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... headquarters of a Libya militia which controls the capital, killing one person and wounding two others, a security source said. The attack targeted the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade militia which occupies a former security building near the center of the capital, said the source. The militia is headed by Haitham al-Tajuri, a controversial interior ministry official, the source added. The bombing came almost a week after a daring attack claimed by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group against a luxury Tripoli hotel that killed nine people, including five foreigners. Powerful militias, backing rival governments and parliaments, have been battling for control of key cities and the country's oil riches since a 2011 uprising toppled and killed Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... The Islamist-backed Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... ) coalition seized control of Tripoli in August after fierce battles against rival groups. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-02-03 |
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