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Africa North
Gunmen Murder Top Libyan General
2012-08-11
[An Nahar] Gunmen rubbed out Libyan army general and high-ranking defense ministry official Mohamed Hadia on Friday in the eastern city of Benghazi, one of his sons told Agence La Belle France Presse.

"My father was returning from the mosque after Friday prayers with a neighbor when a car stopped in front of them with four people on board," Ahmad Hadia said.

"They asked for his identity, then shot him dead," he added.

The motive for the murder was not immediately clear and the identity of the gunnies unknown.

Hadia was one of the first officers to defect and join the opposition during last year's revolution that ousted Muammar Qadaffy
...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them...
After the revolution he was appointed head of armaments at the defense ministry.

Hadia is the latest of dozens of security officials murdered in Benghazi, especially of officers who had served under Qadaffy.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Nope. Just settling old scores.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-08-11 13:44  

#2  Part of the 'ritual of revolutionary purification'?
Posted by: Pappy   2012-08-11 12:18  

#1  You say freedom---they hear license.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-08-11 02:34  

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