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| Fierce fighting in Benghazi as LNA fights off bid by militants to retake Buhdeima |
| 2015-07-05 |
| [Libya Herald] At least four soldiers were killed, as well as a civilian, in fighting and missile attacks in Benghazi's Buhdeima district yesterday. The fighting started when murderous Moslems from the Benghazi Revolutionaries' Shoura Council (BRSC) attacked the military police base in the district in what appears to have been a coordinated attempt to retake the entire district. As well as the four killed in the fighting, 19 were maimed. The fighting in also involved air strikes by the LNA and missiles launched by BRSC, the latter hitting a number of homes. At least one civilian was reported killed in as a result such missile hits. A missile also hit a car in the district, critically injuring 10-year Mohammed Al-Shaibi. He was taken to Bengahzi Medical Centre. According to Libya National Army (LNA) sources, a number of attackers were also killed but numbers are unknown: their bodies were removed by their colleagues when the BRSC pulled back from Budheima. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... three other soldiers were killed and four maimed in what appears to have been a booby-trap kaboom, when they entered house in Buatni, reportedly full of mines. They have been named as Mohammed Ramadan, Badr Yacoub and Ali Faiz. Buhdeima has had one small piece of brighter news, however. On 25 June, Nureddine Al-Iskandarani, from Hadaiq was killed in the Buhdeima. He had been invited to a friend's home there for the Iftar meal. During it there was an kaboom nearby. He went out to check his car but was then killed when missiles landed. Yesterday, his widow gave birth to a baby girl. She has been named Noor after her father. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 From what my Libyan friends have told me about the revolution, the US was up to its neck in the revolution. Far more deeply than the administration admitted. We had SO folks running around Tripoli painting targets and snipers popping Qaddafi mercenaries. That and the fact we bombed the piss out of everything Moamar had. The amount of destruction of military installations I saw in Tripoli was mind boggling with the Libyans saying the Americans did that. So we busted Qaddafi's chops and wrecked his military and then left town without providing any adult supervision to fill the vacuum. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-07-05 21:58 |
| #2 Spun as Hilary filed fewer died. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-07-05 19:53 |
| #1 Hillary lied, people died. |
| Posted by: Matt 2015-07-05 15:41 |