Sasi al-Ghani al-Tarhouni, who fought under Qadaffy during the 2011 revolution, was seen today in social media images being greeted by friends and family.Meanwhile,
...back at the hanging, Butch continued with his last words, trying not to repeat himself too often......
a faction from the Gharyan tribe has announced its backing for Khalifa Hafter and House of Representatives leader Ageela Salah. The group also disowned controversial grand mufti Sheikh Sadiq Ghariani. They said his inflammatory comments supporting Islamist
Ghariani, resolutely anti-Hafter and anti-Serraj, has backed the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) currently fighting Hafter’s Libyan National Army. He also been frequently accused of inciting violence by backing IS and 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...
terrorists.
The Gharyan group said the sheikh’s fatwas encouraged war and caused Libyans "to fight each other". They insisted he was an isolated figure and had no support in Gharyan. They also blamed al-Nabaa TV and Tanasuh TV, the latter owned by Ghariani, for "misleading" the public.