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| Tripoli official blames ex-Qaddafi Revolutionary Guards and assassination squads for Corinthia attack |
| 2015-01-28 |
| [Libya Herald] Omar Khadrawi, head of the Central Security Directorate 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... , told the pro 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... Al-Nabaa TV in a telephone interview, that Qadaffy supporters were behind today's terror attack on the Corinthia Hotel. Khadrawi, who was speaking live from in front of the Corinthia hotel, claimed that initial investigations indicate that the attackers were members of the ''Qadaffy Revolutionary Guards and from Qadaffy's specialist liquidation squads''. Al-Khadrawi was adamant that the ''terror operation'' had nothing to do with Daesh (IS). The motivation for the attack was to damage Tripoli's reputation of quiet, peace and security, he insisted. Last Thursday, the Dat Al-Imad office complex across the road from the Corinthia Hotel received a security threat last Thursday, ostensibly from Daesh ‐ a threat that the Hassi government and office complex management had denied was made. Khadrawi claimed that his security forces were able to get the Salvation Government Prime Minister Omar Al-Hassi and many members of the government and guests out of the hotel safely. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea, one that didn't involve kerosene... another official, Mohammed Hussein, referred to as a political consultant to the Omar Hassi administration, was quoted by various Libyan media sources as saying that the real target of the Corinthia attack was Al-Hassi himself. Two of the perpetrators were killed and "we are still dealing with one", Khadrawi claimed. The siege operation of the hotel was nearing an end he insisted. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea, one that didn't involve kerosene... footage purporting to be of one of the attackers as he was walking through one of the hotel's corridor from Corinthia CCTV has appeared on social media. There is a video clip purporting to be of one of the attackers lying dead. Reports of some of the dead Death Eaters being of non-Libyan Arabs has also not been confirmed. |
| Posted by:Fred |