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Libyan military prosecutor abducted by unknown armed group in Tripoli
2018-03-16
[Libya Observer] The military prosecutor of the Presidential Council, Masoud Erhouma, was kidnapped from in front of his house 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...
's Salah Eddine area this evening by unknown button men, sources close to his family reported.

"My father and his driver as well as the bodyguard were kidnapped by button men before arriving to our house in Tripoli." Erhouma's son, Fadil, explained.

He added that the gang was in three cars and they kidnapped the military prosecutor 200 meters away from the house while he was coming back from work.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Big Shirley was still trying to snatch Nunzio bald-headed. She was already halfway there...
the Chief of Tripoli Public Prosecution, Nouri al-Wahishi, confirmed that Erhouma was detained Thursday as per an arrest warrant by al-Zawiya prosecution department.

Al-Wahaishi denied to Alnabaa TV Channel any prior knowledge to the reasons of or the people behind the detention, saying it could be for 2011 revolution matters, as Erhouma is accused of cracking down on protesters at the time.

On November 16, 2017, the PC Head, Fayez al-Sirraj, appointed Erhouma as military prosecutor.

Erhouma is from al-Rajban, which is a western district that is known for supporting Dignity Operation of Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
. He was appointed deputy defense minister of the Interim Government in al-Bayda. He resigned in late 2015.

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