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| Thinni government condemns Salvation support for Benghazi's 'terrorist' Shura Council |
| 2015-04-14 |
| [Libya Herald] The Libyan government of Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni, the only internationally recognized government in Libya based in the eastern city of Beida, has condemned the 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... -based and GNC-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... supported ''Salvation government'' for its support of the Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council (BRSC). The BRSC is the main coalition of so-called Islamist militias based in Benghazi currently fighting against the official government Libyan National Army headed by Khalifa Hafter. In a strongly worded statement released yesterday, the Thinni government said that it ''condems the so-called salvation government in Tripoli for its ''clear support for terror groups'' that have been ''killing young and old, men and women'' in eastern Libya since the 2011 revolution. The Thinni government statement said that this open support simply confirms its long held view that the so-called salvation government is ''but the face of terror groups'' and ''their official sponsor'' that has finally ''exposed its face''. In view of this declaration, the Thinni government ''calls on the international community to understand that what is taking place in Libya is a war of terror''. The only internationally recognized government in Libya called for the support in arming its army in its fight against terrorism. It will be recalled that two days ago the Tripoli-based GNC-Libya Dawn supported Salvation government issued a statement in which it unequivocally confirmed its support for the militias labelled as gunnies by the Thinni government and HoR in eastern Libya In its statement, the Tripoli-based Salvation government called the BRSC ''heroes'' who's sacrifices it ''values''. It added that it was ''committed to providing the full support to the BRSC in their battle to free their city'' Furthermore, the Salvation government confirmed that it ''only views (the BRSC) as a coalition of the main anti Qadaffy brigades of Benghazi that stood up to Qadaffy in 2011''. Today, the Salvation government statement continued, it ''sees them as those who are today standing up to the failed coup attempt that is being marketed by the remnants of the former Qadaffy regime under the name of Karama (dignity) in the east and west of the country''. The statement added that these Dignity forces are ''seeking to reproduce tyranny again''. ''It is committed to fully supporting the BRSC forces in their liberation battle to free their city and elimination of their criminal conquerors until stability returns to it and life returns to normal'', the statement concluded. It is worth keeping in mind that the two conflicting Libyan sides are scheduled to hold UN-led peace talks in the city of Skhirat in Morocco. |
| Posted by:Fred |