...(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...
(BM) fighters LD 5,000 each for taking part in the battle last year to wrest Sirte from terrorist control.
In another, decision, Maetig told community leaders in Gasr Ben Gashir, next to 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...
International Airport, that they would be compensated for losses as a result of the area being targeted since 2014, although no figure was mentioned when he met with them earlier this week.
Serraj is understood to have told the PC it could take no decisions without his written approval while he was out of the country this week, first in Gay Paree for talks with Khalifa Hafter and then in Rome to discuss
It remains to be seen if Serraj will seek to cancel the BM award made by his deputy, who comes from Misrata. If for no other reason, Serraj could argue that Libya simply cannot afford such munificence at this time. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
he has been placed in an impossible position, since if he seeks to annul the decree he will face protests from the BM and Misrata. The affair is being taken as further evidence of a deepening rift between the two men.
While his chief was away, Maetig committed the PC to spending a reported LD 150 million in payments to BM fighters. If the figure is correct, that would mean that some 30,000 members were involved in the BM operation, a number which some sources believe to be somewhat inflated. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
BM commanders said after their victory last December that 712 of their men had been killed and some 3,200 maimed.
Maetig did not say if he intended the money also to be paid to the families of men who died in the battles to oust 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
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
bully boyz from Sirte.
Last year, while the largely Misratan BM forces battled for eight months to defeat the terrorists, the BM operations room frequently complained of a lack of medical, financial and logistical support from the PC in Tripoli. Yet once Sirte had been retaken, Serraj and the PC were praised by the international community for their resolute action in defeating terrorism.
It is now clear that either before the main attack on Sirte began last summer or in the closing stages of the battle for the town, a terrorist force was able to escape. One of their alleged camps to the south of the town was hit by US stealth bombers in January and the bodies of 90 terrorist suspects found.