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Islamic State group claims attack on Libya's oil firm
[AlAhram] The 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) murderous Moslem group has grabbed credit for an attack on the headquarters of Libya's national oil company in the capital 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...
that killed two people.

IS made the announcement in statement carried by its Amaq news agency late on Tuesday.

Monday's attack maimed at least 10 others. It followed recent fighting in Tripoli between rival gangs, which left at least 61 people dead. A cease-fire has been in place since last week.

Islamic Lions of Islam expanded their reach in Libya after the 2011 uprising plunged the country into chaos and toppled and later killed longtime ruler Muammar Qadaffy
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...
IS was driven from its main stronghold, the coastal city of Sirte, in 2016 and fled inland.

Libya is currently split between rival governments in the east and the west.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-09-13
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