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| Rocket hits storage tank at Libya |
| 2014-12-26 |
| [TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] A rocket set a storage tank at the east Libyan port of Es Sider on fire as armed factions allied to competing governments fought for control of the country's biggest export terminal, officials from both sides said on Thursday. Fouling their own nest in the name of Allah... Clashes were also reported from Sirte, a city west of Es Sider, killing up to 19, among them 14 guards at a power plant, residents said. No more details were available. Es Sider and its adjacent Ras Lanuf terminal have been closed since a force allied to a rival government 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... moved east trying to take them, part of a struggle between former rebels who helped topple Muammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens... in 2011 but now fight for power and a share of oil reserves. Libya has had two governments and parliaments since a group called 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... seized the capital in August by expelling a rival faction, installing its own prime minister and forcing the recognised premier, Abdullah al-Thinni, to operate out of the east with the elected House of Representatives. |
| Posted by:Fred |