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| Liberation of Tripoli was disrupted, admits Thinni |
| 2015-04-02 |
| [Libya Herald] At the end of last week and earlier this week military activity intensified in the western region of Greater 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... tania between the controlling GNC-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... forces and the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA), the army of the only internationally recognized parliament in Libya, the House of Representatives (HoR). The air strikes and land-based battles by both sides increased with the LNA penetrating for the first time for months as far north as the outskirts of Tripoli airport. The increased military activity as well as increased propaganda suggested an all-out attack to retake Tripoli was on the cards. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... the planned attack on Tripoli, whether a real or an imaginary attack and whether possible or not, never materialized -- with no proper explanation given by the HoR side for the abandonment of the Tripoli attack. In his interview with the Alhadath News in Tunis earlier this week, Prime Minister Thinni briefly addressed the issue of military operations in the western region. ''The Western region is a vast area and our forces could not cover this space and therefore'', he admitted, ''the entry into Tripoli was disrupted". "We hope that the Libya Dawn militias would leave the capital without any fighting especially since the situation is very fraught amid numerous (human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... ) violations against citizens and the tightening of control over citizens and their views with some being liquidated'', claimed Thinni. Thinni further explained that "the entry of (pro HoR) forces to the outskirts of the airport and their departure (last week) led to the liquidation of some citizens after their arrest for sympathizing with the (official HoR) army and government''. |
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