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| Anger grows over Benghazi entertainer arrest by Salafists |
| 2017-12-25 |
| [Libya Herald] Public anger has been growing over the arrest of a Benghazi entertainer who was asked to perform at a girl’s high school graduation party a week ago. New of the arrest only surfaced in the past three days. Wissam Adel was nabbed Book 'im, Mahmoud! after videos appeared of posted on Facebook pages of the event, attended by the girls’ parents and families. It took place in a public wedding hall. They showed them signing along with him. Some viewers took objection and complained. This resulted in Adel being arrested by a Salafist unit allied to the Saiqa Special Forces ...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group... and which is commanded by Abdul Fateh Ben Ghalboun. The head of the school, Eman Busneina who helped organise the event, was also taken in for questioning. Initially Ben Ghalboun released a video denouncing Adel as a "crooked Paleostinian" who drove maiden of tender yearss to commit obscene acts. The event was described as resembling a nightclub. Only today did police admit Adel, who is not a Paleostinian but Libyan and a member of the Obeidat tribe, is in jug. Yesterday, Ben Ghalboun released a second video, showing him with Adel’s father, apologising for called him a Paleostinian and saying it had come to his attention that Adel was from a well-known family of the Obeidat tribe who had given much to the Libyan National Army. Ben Ghalboun was unrepentant about the arrest itself, however. |
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