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| Libya ex-Rebel Chief Shot Dead in Gadhafi Home Town |
| 2014-03-02 |
| [An Nahar] Gunmen Saturday rubbed out a former rebel chief who worked for local councils set up after the 2011 uprising that ousted and killed dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years until his people get tired of him and kill him... , a security official said. Makhluf al-Ferjani was killed in Qadaffy's home town of Sirte, where he headed the local military council, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... A medical source at the Ibn Sina hospital in the Mediterranean oasis town east of 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... said he was killed by bullets to the head and chest. The local military councils, which are under the jurisdiction of the defense ministry, were set up amid lawlessness that spiraled after Qadaffy's overthrow. Ferjani's killing is the latest to target the army, security forces, judges and other public figures, mostly in eastern Libya where the uprising took root. Libya's weak central government has struggled to rein in the former rebels, blaming them and Islamists for the wave of violence across the country. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan ... served as a diplomat for Libya during the 1970s, serving in India under Ambassador Mohammed Magariaf. Both men defected in 1980 and went on to form the National Front for the Salvation of Libya. Zeidan spent nearly three decades in exile in Geneva after the defection. During the revolution Zeidan served as the National Transitional Council's Europe envoy, and is credited as having played a key role in persuading French President Nicolas Sarkozy to support the anti-Qadaffy forces... was himself kidnapped by gunnies for several hours last year, and deputy industry minister Hassan al-Droui was killed in Sirte on January 12. Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, was the last regime bastion to fall into rebel hands in the uprising. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 A non sequitur, in this instance. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-03-02 19:39 |
| #1 I love nation building. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-03-02 17:27 |