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| Navy captain survives car-bomb assassination attempt in Benghazi |
| 2013-12-11 |
[Libya Herald] A senior navy officer survived an liquidation attempt in Benghazi this morning when his car went kaboom!while he was having coffee. Captain Khaled Bazama had parked his in downtown Benghazi after taking his children to school when the kaboom occurred. No one was injured in the blast. The front man for Benghazi Joint Security Room, Ibrahim Shara, confirmed the attempt to the Libya Herald . "The kaboom took place in Al-Sharif Street in south Benghazi's Sidi Akhraibish area at 9:30 am," he said. One person was killed and six injured on Sunday when a boom-mobile went kaboom!in Libya at the funeral of the intelligence officer Kamal Bazaza, the first time such tactics had been used in Libya. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 It would not be surprising, given the lack of governmental control in Benghazi. It would also not be surprising if 'militias' like Ansar al Sharia were working with the Mafia. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-12-11 18:35 |
| #3 The Libyan Navy is very active in drug interdiction. Lots of Hash and Speed being seized by the Libyan Navy. The Mafia is not amused. A Libyan Navy Commander who I met, commanded a unit that seized several tons of Hash and then burned it on the beach using the seized vodka as fire starter...the Mafia took out a contract on him and he slept at different houses every night while his family was sent to a safe location in the EU. This could have been a Mafia attempt to intimidate the Libyan Navy. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-12-11 14:33 |
| #2 As of 2012: 1 Koni class frigate 1 minesweeper 2 amphibious landing ships 2 French-built patrol craft (delivered 2013) Unknown number of Dutch-built patrol craft delivered 2013 25 S. Korean patrol boats to be delivered 2013-2014 |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-12-11 10:51 |
| #1 I knew Libya had a lot of beachfront. They have a navy, too? Do they still have anything that floats? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2013-12-11 09:02 |