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ISIS re-emerges in southern Libya, vows to target Haftar ‘apostates’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] ISIS has re-emerged in Libya after a video released by the bully boy group showed masked button men pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi south of the country, and vowing to carry out attacks against the Libyan National Army (LNA).In the video, the button men are led by an ISIS commander named Mahmoud al-Baraasi, known as Abu Musab al-Libi, who is the former founder of the ISIS affiliate in Benghazi. ISIS claims it killed and injured members of Khalifa Haftar  ...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, 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, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. 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...’s army forces in southern Libya on Wednesday, according to Amaq News Agency, where the bully boy group issues claims of responsibility. Referring to Haftar’s army forces as "apostates," ISIS celebrated the deaths of Haftar’s forces in the news report. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-09 |
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