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| Ansar Al-Sharia says Hafter is waging war against Islam |
| 2014-05-22 |
| [Libya Herald] Ansar Al-Sharia, one of the principle targets of General Khalifa Hafter's Dignity Operation, has said his forces are "waging war against the religious Mohammedan youth". The Islamist group, based mainly in Benghazi and Derna, has said they have been the targets of a campaign of hate waged by those who are against Islam and the application of Sharia. They claimed that while they were being accused of terrorism, their assailants were in fact the terrorists. Ansar Al-Sharia said they were eager to safeguard Mohammedan blood and had not, as has been said by their enemies, hindered the establishment of security in Libya. They said their image had been tarnished by "evil television channels" which had sowed "seeds of discord" and were led by "ex-regime sympathisers and secularists supported by their masters in the west". The Islamist group concluded their statement saying that they remained steadfast in their demands for security and stability under Islamic Sharia, condemned Khalifa Hifter and his forces and asked the "honourable and decent tribes" to forbid their sons from joining him. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 One can leave one's tinfoil hat safely on the rack Well, there's evidence and there's "evidence." Plenty of the former, in this instance. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-22 16:41 |
| #7 "Libya needs to disarm the militias, get the constitutional congress up and running, and without a bunch of nutjob hardline Islamists writing Sharia everywhere in the constitution, and get a secular government in place with laws that can promote international business." Good luck with that one, Bill. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-05-22 15:09 |
| #6 One can leave one's tinfoil hat safely on the rack and pretty much figure this one out. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-05-22 14:43 |
| #5 Methinks, Haftar has hit a nerve going after the Islamist militias in Benghazi. It is interesting to note the groups condemning Haftar. It was just a matter of time before someone with the power and the will to do something would finally get tired of the militias and the nonsense of the GNC and do something to solve the unrest in Libya. If the US is smart (and I doubt anyone but the few guys in the basement at Langley are that smart) the US will come down on the side of Haftar and start pushing Libya toward rationalization. Libya needs to disarm the militias, get the constitutional congress up and running, and without a bunch of nutjob hardline Islamists writing Sharia everywhere in the constitution, and get a secular government in place with laws that can promote international business. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-05-22 14:38 |
| #4 They claimed that while they were being accused of terrorism, their assailants were in fact the terrorists. Terrorizing the terrorist. Well, turnabout is fair play. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-05-22 13:17 |
| #3 Look up Hafter's background. It's available digging through at the Burg. Hint: He lived in Northern Virginia for while. Hint #2: Besoeker is the SME on this. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-05-22 11:22 |
| #2 who funds Hafter is it US; is it the Saudis |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-05-22 11:07 |
| #1 I like him already. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-05-22 03:43 |