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Tanasuh and Nabaa TV among Libyan organisations and individuals added to Saudi-coordinated ‘terror’ list
[Libya Herald] Libya’s two Islamist TV stations, Tanasuh and al-Nabaa have been added to the list compiled by Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt of "terrorists" and terror organizations allegedly supported by Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... Two other Libyan media entities have been added as well: Boshra and Soraya news agencies, both of which are linked to the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shoura Council (BRSC) and the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB). The BRSC itself has also been added as has the fomerly Benghazi-based Rafallah Sahati Brigade. The BRSC is effectively much the same as the BDB which was put on the list when it was first unveiled six weeks ago. The main difference between the two is time and location. The BDB consists of those individuals who were with the BRSC when it was inside Benghazi but who fled the city and then reconstituted themselves 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... as the BDB. The Rafallah Sahati Brigade, which was part of the BRSC, was closely linked to Ansar al-Sharia ...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... and is alleged to have received funding and support from foreign countries, including Qatar. Also on the list are two individuals: Ahmed al-Hasnawi and al-Saadi Abdullah Ibrahim Bukhazem. Hasnawi, a hardline Islamist, has been blamed for the Brak al-Shatti airbase massacre in May in which 141 people died. He previously was based at Tanenhint Airbase, providing additional protection for Misrata’s Third Force when it was there. Tanasuh TV is owned by Sadek al-Ghariani, still accepted by some in the west of the country as Libya’s grand mufti. He was put on the terror list when it first came out. A Saudi Press Agency statement read: "The two Libyan individuals and the six terrorist entities, affiliated with terrorist groups in Libya, have received substantial financial support from the Qatari authorities and played an active role in spreading chaos and devastation in Libya, despite serious international concern over the destructive impact of such practices." When the list was announced in June, as well as the BDB and Ghariani it included the Salabi brothers and former head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Abdulhakim Belhadj. All were accused of having close links to Qatar. Along with Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, the Beida-based government also cut ties with Qatar at the time for what it said were "repeated attacks on the dignity of the Libyan people after the February 17 revolution". Libyan National Army front man Colonel Ahmed Mismari has since accused Qatar providing weapons other support to snuffies in Libya and claims to have evidence to support this although so far none has been provided. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-28 |
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