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| Derna Shura Council rejects state of militias, calls for state of institutions |
| 2016-08-10 |
| [Libya Observer] The Derna Shura Council issued a statement on Monday saying they are with any initiatives that aim at building the state of institutions not of militias, saying the Dignity Operation violations and attacks have so far killed a lot of women and kiddies, confirming that Khalifa Haftar ... served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all... and his followers will be brought to justice sooner or later. The statement, dubbed "Revenge for our Children", also said that Dignity Operation’s attacks and siege on Derna aims at cracking the well-knitted social fabric of the city, referring to the attacks on kids’ parks, civilian houses, and civilian cars and so on. The Derna Shura Council also indicated that the fight against Dignity Operation forces has kicked off to foil their attack and the violation of what it described as "Haftar’s militias", saying that they are still trying an entry into the city through the western entrance and they keep bombing the city to pave the way for that, killing children and other civilians on their way in. |
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