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Africa North
Jadran rejects arrest warrant issued by Libya's Attorney General
2019-01-15
[Libya Observer] The former commander of the central region's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) Ibrahim Jadran rejected in an audio tape posted Sunday the arrest warrant issued of him by the Libyan Attorney General, who accused him of involvement in the attacks on oil terminals using mercenaries from Chadian rebels’ groups.

Jadran accused the Head of the investigation bureau of the Attorney General al-Siddiq al-Sour of fabricating charges against him, saying he is an impostor as the Attorney General's office is vacant and no one is appointed by the Libyan law.

"Al-Sour is now committing a crime by claiming this post he is occupying and thus he plunged the Public Prosecution into political conflicts to benefit one of the leaders of the counter-revolution ," he added, implying a hint at Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, 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...
He added that placing him on the list of murderous Moslems is an agenda-driven act since the Attorney General has looked away from lots of crimes against the PFG forces under his command.

On January 03, the Attorney General issued arrest warrants of Jadran, the Head of Al Wattan party Abdelhakim Belhaj, four other Libyans and several Chadian nationals.

Posted by:Fred

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