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Libya forces free five foreign captives from Islamic State in Sirte
[REUTERS] Libyan pro-government forces have freed five foreign nationals held by 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.... in Sirte after heavy fighting in their battle to capture the final district of the city, a local official said on Thursday. Islamic State took over Sirte more than a year ago, profiting from chaos caused by infighting among rival brigades of Libyan forces who once battled together to oust Muammar Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years until his people get tired of him and kill him... in 2011, but steadily turned against each other. Two of the freed foreigners were from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , two from India and one from Bangladesh, said Rida Issa, a front man for the Bonyan Marsous forces which have been battling for six months against gunnies in Sirte. "There was a desperate resistance by ISIS, but it was confronted by heavy weapons," Issa said, using one of the Arabic names for Islamic State. Forces from the western city of Misrata, allied with the U.N.-backed government in 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... , have been leading the battle to oust Islamic State from Sirte, helped since August by U.S. air strikes and small teams of Western special forces. But they have been facing fierce resistance from snipers, boom-mobiles and booby-traps as Islamic State fighters dig in for house-to-house fighting in the last residential districts held by the bully boy group. On Thursday, pro-government forces killed at least 20 Islamic State fighters as they pushed into the 600 District of Sirte, one of the last held by gunnies who control an area now less than one square kilometer, local officials said. After facing heavy casualties at the start of the campaign, Misrata forces have increasingly turned to the use of tanks and armed vehicles to clear a path for ground troops. No details were given about how or where the five foreigners where captured, but Islamic State has attacked oilfields and kidnapped foreign workers over the last two years. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-21 |
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