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Africa North
Benghazi Defence Brigades admit deaths of leading members
2016-12-15
[Libya Herald] The Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) says that its front man and another leading member of the group were killed during last Wednesday’s attack on the oil crescent area. It also accuses Europe and the West of being behind a number of kidnappings and killings in 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...
, including that of Salafist holy man Sheikh Nadir al-Omrani.

In a statement today, the BDB said that its front man, Mansour al-Faydi, was killed in Libyan National Army Arclight airstrike on Jufra airbase. Another commander, whom it named as Ahmed al-Shaltami, later died of wounds received in a subsequent air raid on the base. A number of other, unnamed fighters were also said to have died.

Shaltami was reportedly a leading member of Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet...
in Benghazi ‐ part of the Benghazi Revolutionaries’ Shoura Council ‐ before being forced to flee the city.

The BDB also claims that Libyans acting as agents of Europe and the West were behind the abduction and killing in Tripoli of al-Omrani and of Abdul Latif al-Kreek.

Al-Kreek was one of the commanders of the Bunyan Marsous operations room. He disappeared in Tripoli on 15 November. An alleged supporter of the so-called Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
who was placed in durance vile
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
and is being held in the capital has supposedly confessed to involvement in his kidnapping and murder. A video of his confession was published today. Significantly, it shows signs of him having been beaten on the head.

In its statement, the BDB also claimed that the West’s Libyan agents were planning to kill a number of other holy warriors including Ziyad Belam (former head of the Omar Mukhtar Brigade in Benghazi), Ismail Salabi (a former commander of the 17 February Brigade), Benghazi Death Eaters Ahmed Majberi and Nasser al-Maqsabi (0ne of the leaders of Libya Shield
...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs...
No 1 brigade).
Posted by:Fred

#2  I prefer running dawg capitalist. I always envision a Sheltie with a Sawyer.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-12-15 16:07  

#1  The BDB also claims that Libyans acting as agents of Europe and the West were behind the abduction and killing in Tripoli of al-Omrani and of Abdul Latif al-Kreek.

Whatever happened to the good old days of being a "CIA lackey"?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-12-15 08:26  

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