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Kill all besieged families in Benghazi's Ganfouda, ex-Gaddafi procurer incites
[Libya Observer] A former Qadaffy procurer in east Libya has called for killing of all besieged families in Ganfouda neighbourhood of Benghazi, claiming they are all ISIS affiliates.Addressing a tribal meeting to show support to renegade General 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... last week, Beleid Sheikhi said all the old women and their children inside Ganfouda are terrorists. "There aren't any honest women in Ganfouda, they must hand over their sons to stand trial or let's take them all to Erdogan, their godfather," Beleid said. "We don’t need those old ISIS women anymore, don’t tell me about human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... ," he added. Beleid said all people aged 14 and over in Ganfouda must be executed. "They are talking about safe corridors to those ISISi (ISIS) people! They will never come out of Ganfouda alive," he incited. Human Rights Solidarity in Libya has condemned Beleid's remarks as incitement to kill innocent people. Beleid Sheikhi was a sergeant in Qadaffy brigade of Fadil Bu Omer in Benghazi. His main task was to find hookers and organize debauched nights for senior Qadaffy officials including Khalifa Hanish and Ahmed Gaddaf Addem. He was nicknamed "Beleid bitches" for this sleazy job. Now, he has become a tribal mouthpiece for Dignity Operation and its commander Khalifa Haftar. Ganfouda neighbourhood has been under siege for several months by Dignity Operation militia groups, which banned families there from leaving. Backed by foreign intervention, Dignity Operation intensified Posted by: Fred 2016-09-03 |
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