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| Renegade Libyan General Vows More Attacks |
| 2014-05-18 |
| [THEGLOBEANDMAIL] The self-declared Libyan National Army led by a renegade general told civilians on Saturday to leave parts of Benghazi before it launched a fresh attack on Islamist myrmidons, a day after dozens were killed in the worst festivities in the city for months. Families could be seen packing up and driving away from western districts of the port city where Islamist snuffies and LNA forces led by retired General Khalifa Haftar fought for hours on Friday. Dressed in military uniform, Hafter - whom the speaker of parliament accused of plotting a coup - said his troops had temporarily withdrawn from Benghazi for tactical reasons. "We'll come back with force," he told news hounds at a sports club in Abyar, a small town to the east of Benghazi. "We've started this battle and will continue it until we have reached our goals," he said. He said government and parliament had no legitimacy as they had failed to achieve security. "The street and the Libyan people are with us," he said, adding that his troops were spread out in several parts of eastern Libya. 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... , parliamentary speaker and military commander-in-chief Nuri Abu Sahmain said Hafter was trying to stage a coup. "(LNA) members who have carried out the festivities in Benghazi are out of the control of the state of Libya and they are trying to attempt a coup for their own interests," Abu Sahmain said in a televised news conference. A Health Ministry official said the corpse count had risen to 43, with more than 100 maimed. Haftar said 60 snuffies and six of his soldiers were killed, and 250 snuffies and 37 of his men maimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Ammo they have plenty of. The rest, I suspect, is coming from Qadaffi's stockpiles. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-18 15:29 |
| #1 "The street and the Libyan people are with us". Armies require a great deal of food, ammo and supplies. i.e. money to operate. Where is that coming from? Bake sales? |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-18 15:15 |