[Libya Herald] The terrorist enclave in Benghazi’s Ganfouda district is reported to have shrunk to a few blocks as the Libyan National Army claims continued progress. But today’s advance cost the lives of three more soldiers and a number of maimed including another army commander.However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
at least five hard boyz were said to have been killed, including Marwan al-Fezani, a former 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...
commander from the city’s Leithi district who subsequently joined IS. Another bad boy, Akreem al-Gabali, described as a IS policeman, was captured by troops when he was hiding in a water tower.
The army dead were from the 309 Tobruk Brigade and the injured officer was Marine infantry commander Faiez al-Saal.
Troops have been delayed by booby traps, some of them inter-linked. Such devices were found in some number two months ago on the Garayunis campus of Benghazi University. It was for this reason that sources said it was not possible to retrieve the body of a member of 210 Brigade for three days because of a second unwent
kaboom!booby trap close by.
In the last 48 hours the LNA has found vehicles hidden in buildings which were abandoned by the terrorists. Some of them were armoured and one bore the sign "Islamic Police". Troops also discovered more stores of food, which may have been looted from the Customs compound. One army source said that either the hard boyz had been hoarding foodstuffs for themselves or reports of starvation among those trapped within the Ganfouda enclave were inaccurate. There has been no official statement today about any more civilians fleeing terrorist positions.
Meanwhile,
...back at the saloon, Butch got the bill for the damage caused by the fist fight, the mirror broken in the shootout, and drinks for everyone......
there are unconfirmed reports that a Paleostinian alleged to have been an IS photographer has died in jug at Granda prison, 25 kilometres east of Beida. It is claimed that Rami Youssef was detained by LNA forces at Labraq airport. He is supposed to have been based in Derna where he was recording executions. It is not clear when he was locked away
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
nor how he died.