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Haftar's forces shell residential areas in Tripoli, woman and her child killed
[Libya Observer] A woman and her child were killed Wednesday night after 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 forces had shelled their residential neighborhood on Wali al-Ahed street on 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... Airport Road. Eight others were maimed. The front man for the Ambulance Apparatus of the Health Ministry Osama Ali said a random shell fell on the woman's house on Wali al-Ahed street and killed her along with her baby girl - who was picked from under the rubble. Ali told news hounds that a warning for all residents of Sidi Salim and al-Hadab was made by the apparatus so they can remain in downstairs floors and away from windows amid the constant shelling of Haftar's forces. The residents of Sidi Salim and Wali al-Ahed confirmed that several rockets hit their neighborhoods and some were left unwent kaboom!. Haftar's forces carried Wednesday overnight attacks covered by heavy airpower - foreign backers - on Tripoli frontlines. The festivities lingered through Thursday as the Libyan Army under the command of the Presidential Council's government managed to foil their attacks inflicting on them a heavy corpse count and loss of military equipment. Posted by: Fred 2019-10-04 |
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