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Western region’s revolutionaries threaten to cut off gas supplies for countries supporting Haftar
[Libya Observer] The revolutionaries of the western region threatened the countries that are supporting Khalifa Haftar... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... of losing the gas supplies from Libya if they continue to support him. In a statement delivered from the vicinity of Mellitah Complex for Oil and Gas, in which a gas pipeline from Libya to Europe is located, the revolutionaries denounced the silence of the international community and the UN Security Council about the flagrant French intervention and said those countries bear the responsibility for all the war crimes that are being committed against civilians in Derna and Benghazi. They also called on the UN to end the appointment of Martin Kobler as the UNSMIL Head and UN envoy to Libya. "We reject the statement made by Mihdi Al-Barghathi, the defense minister-designate of the UN-proposed government, which attacked Defend Benghazi Brigades, who are Benghazi displaced residents and have the right to return, so they are innocent of what they are accused of." The revolutionaries’ statement reads. It added that the revolutionaries decry the Presidential Council’s passive stance that shows its role in the conspiracy against February 17 revolution, saying, "Go back to where you came from as you were the reason behind the suffering of the people." "We hail the victories made by Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos forces in Sirte against IS Posted by: Fred 2016-07-27 |
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