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Two children killed, another injured in mortar shelling by Haftar's forces in Tripoli

2019-10-23

[Libya Observer] Mortar shelling by 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, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. 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...
's forces on Salah al-Deen buildings has killed two girls and injured a third child - all siblings - identical sources reported on Tuesday.

The sources added that Haftar's forces shelling directly hit the family house in Salah al-Deen, killing four-year-old Rawan and eight-year-old Jumana and inuring their brother Natheer with serious head injury, besides wounding the father and mother.

The shelling came after Haftar's forces had attempted to advance on Tuesday on Yarmouk Camp and Khallatat frontlines, yet failing to do so, they randomly shelled residential areas in southern 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...
, the sources added.

This is the second crime against children in two weeks by Haftar's forces. The first was an ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
<del>Arclight</del> airstrike

...KABOOM!...
on a house in Fernaj neighborhood in Tripoli that killed three girls and injured their fourth sister and their mother.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella grabbed the cocoanut cream...
Volcano of Rage Operation's media office said on Facebook that "warlord Haftar's militias and their mercenaries shelled the house in Salah al-Deen at dawn."

It added that the shelling on Salah al-Deen coincided with another mortar attack and two airstrikes on Tripoli's Mitiga Airport without causing any noticeable damage.

Posted by:Fred

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