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| Unknown warplane conducts airstrike on Libyan airport |
| 2015-04-02 |
| [ARABNEWS] An unidentified warplane carried out No one grabbed credit for the strike, which slightly damaged a passenger terminal, but a military source in Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni's government blamed Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... The gang seized the capital 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... last summer after weeks of factional fighting and set up a rival administration to Thinni's. The military source said Libya Dawn forces also hit the town of Rujban, again without causing casualties. "A warplane attacked Zintan airport this morning with seven explosives, one of which went off next to the passenger terminal and damaged the front of the building, and there are no casualties," Zintan airport front man Omar Matooq said. Separately, military officials said three fighters were killed by unknown gunnies at a checkpoint outside Misrata, a city used as a base for Libya Dawn forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |