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Wissam Ben Hamid dead says arrested Ansar spokesman
 [Libya Herald] Benghazi krazed killer leader Wissam Ben Hamid is dead according to one of his colleagues who was tossed in the calaboosePlease don't kill me! today near Ajdabiya by the Libyan National Army (LNA) while trying to flee.
...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 Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... in Benghazi, was caught east of Ajdabiya at a location named al-Bidan. It is believed that he managed to escape from Ganfouda in yesterday’s mass breakout. It was thought at the time that Ben Hamid had also managed to escape. Interrogated today, however, Atwier said that Ben Humaid had been killed in a recent Since then, Atwier stated in a videoed interview, the murderous Moslems in Ganfouda have been led by Jamal Makhzoum. He, apparently, is still there. Ben Hamid who was originally commander of one of the main brigades in the city, Libya Shield ...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs... No. 1 Battalion, was widely regarded as one of the most dangerous and ruthless of Benghazi’s Islamist leaders. He was suspected of being behind a string of political liquidations and murders in the city, among them the gunning down in June 2013 of 32 protestors outside Libya Shield No. 1’s Kuwafiyah base. That October, he was accused of ordering the murder of Colonel Ahmed Mustafa al-Barghathi, the head of Benghazi military police, and his home in Kuwafiyah was burnt down by members of the Barghathi tribe. He then threatened Dire Revenge on the attackers. In October 2015, evidence was produced suggesting that he had planned the murders of Mahdi al-Barghathi, now the Presidency Council’s defence minister but then the commander of the LNA’s main tank battalion fighting the murderous Moslems in Benghazi, and Salah Bughaib, the head of military intelligence unit in the city. As the LNA offensive in Benghazi against the murderous Moslems slowly managed to throttle them, Ben Hamid created new forces loyal to himself ‐ a year and a half ago there was one called the Free Libya Martyrs Brigade. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... by the end of 2015, he had left the city and was at various times 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... , Misrata and Jufra. By mid-2016 he was a leading figure in the Benghazi Defence Brigades, based in Tripoli, which were linked to controversial grand mufti Sadek al-Ghariani and dreamed of wresting control of their city from the LNA. In July last year, he accused Abdul Raouf Kara, the head of the Rada (Deterrance) units in Tripoli of being part of a "malicious clique". He was reported to be in Tripoli in November. Last month, however, Mismari said that he was trapped in Ganfouda along with Makhzoum and another krazed killer commander, Salem Ben Shatwan. Meanwhile late this afternoon, the bodies of 19 krazed killers, all thought to have taken part in yesterday’s Ganfouda breakout, were taken to Ajdbiya hospital. It is believed they include 13 who blew themselves up today when they were surrounded by LNA forces at the village of Saunau east of Ajdabiya. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-08 |
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