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| Tripoli plans army reorganisation |
| 2015-07-08 |
| [Libya Herald] Nuri Abu Sahmain, the head of the continuing General National Congress, has approved plans to reorganise the Libyan army into 11 brigades located across the country. According to the 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... offices of the Libyan news agency LANA, a resolution approving the reorganization was adopted by the GNC. It was then signed at a ceremony attended by Tripoli "prime minister" Khalifa Ghwell in his role as its defence minister. As president of the GNC, Abu Sahmain is regarded by 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... and its supporters as supreme commander of the Libyan armed forces. At the session, he was quoted saying that the move would create a more effective army, allowing for it to be better trained and organised, and that its ranks would be open to the regular army and the revolutionaries. The decision is, however, seen as largely meaningly gesture in the current fractured state of Libyan politics, given that the forces under Abu Sahmain's authority are only in the west and south, that it is a nominal authority in the best of cases and that, with the local reconciliation movement spreading in both areas, it also appears a diminishing authority. It also indicates, however, that Abu Sahmain, the GNC and the Ghwell "government" are turning their backs on the UN-brokered Diloague process and the recent drafts provided by UNSMIL. In none of them are Congress's decisions viewed as legitimate once a Government of National Accord is established. |
| Posted by:Fred |