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| Bargarthi rejects Thinni’s move to disband anti-terrorism forces |
| 2016-06-05 |
| [Libya Herald] In an indication that Benghazi is far from united politically or militarily, Mahdi Barghathi, defence minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA), has rejected moves by the Beida-based government of Abdullah Al-Thinni to suppress the anti-terrorist and the security forces in the city. Both support Barghathi. Speaking at a presser in Benghazi today, Barghathi said that such decisions would only cause further dissension within the Libyan army. Yesterday, Thinni’s internal minister Mohammed Al-Madani Al-Fakhri ordered the disbandment of the two forces commanded by Salah Abu Laghib and Faraj Ikgaim, both of whom back the GNA. Bargathi also said that the creation of the "Defence Brigade of Benghazi" by former members of militias that were part of the Benghazi Revolutionaries’ Shoura Council was illegitimate and it would be viewed as yet another terrorist organization, especially given that it had given its allegiance to the controversial Sadek Al-Ghariani, Libya’s grand mufti in the eyes of supporters of the former 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... regime. To those in the east opposed to him joining the GNA, Barghathi said his prime aim was to save the unity of the country. Libyans in east and west of the county, he added, had to accept one another if they wanted to avoid a civil war. |
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