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| Fighting briefly flares up again in Obari |
| 2014-09-26 |
| [Libya Herald] A Tuareg man is reported to have been killed in the southwestern oasis town of Obari late this afternoon in a brief upsurge of fighting between Tebus and the Tuareg group said to be from outside the area. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... by tho evening the situation had calmed and locals have said that the clash was an accident and that mediation between the two groups was continuing. Fighting between the two groups broke out just over a week ago when the Tuareg group, said to be supporters of Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... , tried to take over the town's main petrol station. Since then, there have been mediation endeavours by elders from Zintan, Brak Al-Shatti and the Hasawna tribe. Yesterday, representatives of the Omar Al-Hassi administration in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... arrived to join the efforts. Meanwhile, ...back at the abandoned silver mine, there was another kaboom... it has been announced that one of the Tebu soldiers who was injured in the fighting last week died yesterday in hospital in Tobruk. The funeral of the man, named as 21-year-old Ibrahim Barak Yusuf, took place in Tobruk and was attended by, among others a number of members of the House of Representatives. |
| Posted by:Fred |