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| Islamists abduct Libya television crew |
| 2014-08-07 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] Five members of a Libyan television channel crew were kidnapped Tuesday (August 5th) at a fake checkpoint near Ajdabiya, Libya Herald reported. They were returning from Tobruk after covering the inauguration of the new House of Representatives. No group has grabbed credit for the kidnapping. The night before the abduction, however, tribal elders reportedly warned Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... against carrying weapons or setting up road checkpoints. |
| Posted by:Fred |