a military coalition in Benghazi composed of Islamist and jihadist militias, including Ansar al-Sharia, Libya Shield 1, February 17th Martyrs Brigade, Rafallah al-Sahati Brigade, Jaysh al-Mujahidin, Brega Martyrs Brigade. It was formed in June 2014, in response both to the anti-Islamist Operation Dignity led by Khalifa Haftar, and the defeat of Islamist candidates in the 2014 Council of Deputies election....
(DBB) called on all of the February 17 revolutionary fighters to unite themselves and be ready for fighting away any attacks by what they described the forces of war criminal, 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...
, stressing that the revolutionaries must be mobilized to be able to put an end to Haftar’s criminality against the February revolution.
In a statement, the DBB said the claims of fighting terrorism by Haftar are mere lies and have hence been proved to be irrelevant especially that he has coordinated the withdrawal of IS Death Eaters from Benghazi very recently.
"As he did in Derna, Haftar gave a safe corridor for IS Death Eaters out of Benghazi after their role, which is "demonizing Benghazi revolutionaries," had ended so that he can justify for the support of Egyptian and UAE warplanes and the foreign agenda he is executing in the city." The DBB’s statement reads.
"Cyrenaica locals must be aware of the conspiracies plotted against them and the country on the lam, and the encouragement of division among Libyans via the UAE-sponsored media outlets, which only aim at protracting conflicts in Libya." The DBB indicated.
They also said that what falsifies the claims of fighting terrorism by Haftar is his forces’ deliberate bombing of February revolutionaries, who have always fought terrorism, pointing out that the latest
...(al-Bunyan al-Marsous, Solid Base) An operation carried out by Misratan forces loyal to the Libyan Goverenment of National Accord to dislodge ISIS forces from Sirte. 2,500 turbans were reported killed in the operation, which lasted from May through December.GNA's Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj officially announced the end of military operations on 18 December 2016...
forces is a living example.
"Haftar does such acts while he and his forces look away from the IS myrmidons, who have always been an easy target for the forces and the warplanes whether in Sirte or in Derna. Haftar’s forces never attacked them." The statement adds.
IS Death Eaters withdrew from their positions in Benghazi’s Ganfouda and al-Sabri districts in western Benghazi on Thursday dawn and they headed toward the central region, according to a number of sources.