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| Ansar Al-Sharia denounces Operation Dignity as a crusade against Islam |
| 2014-05-29 |
| [Libya Herald] The Commander of Ansar Al-Sharia in Benghazi has denounced the military operation by forces loyal to General Khalifa Hifter, calling it a "crusade" against Islam. Speaking at a presser held at a secret location last night in Benghazi, Mohammed Al-Zahawi claimed that the leader of Operation Dignity was backed the US and allies in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , the UAE and Egypt. He said the same fate awaited Hifter as had befallen Qadaffy. Zahawi warned the US against intervention. He said that any military incursion by the western power would result in defeats worse than those he said it had faced in Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. Describing recent fighting in Benghazi as a victory for Ansar Al-Sharia, Zahawi said: "We thank God that we were able to defeat Hifter and we challenge him to attempt entering Benghazi again. We warn him that if he continues this war against us, Moslems from across the world will come to fight, as is the case in Syria right now." He added that the war would continue and that Ansar Al-Sharia would decide when it ended. Members of Ansar Al-Sharia have been implicated by America in the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, during which ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 those who want a western secular government with a western constitution similar to the United States. Forgot "/sark"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-05-29 14:19 |
| #1 What you are seeing in Benghazi is the beginnings of a struggle between those who wish for a Sharia based clerical government (only supported by a few fanatics and imports from Iran) and those who want a western secular government with a western constitution similar to the United States. A chat with a few men on the street in Tripoli will tell you the majority of Libyans DO NO WANT Sharia. The business community in Libya recognizes that a Sharia constitution and laws is a death sentence for international business in the country. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-05-29 10:44 |