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Libya Dawn operations room in Tarhouna bombed
2015-03-24
[Libya Herald] The Libyan National Army (LNA) bombed 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...
's operations room in Tarhouna, 90 kilometres south east of 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...
, this morning. Another report says that the location was also an Dawn training camp and that there were a number of deaths. There has been no confirmation about casualties

Eye witnesses in Tarhouna told the Libya Herald that they had seen flames rising from the camp.

Local residents said that Libya Dawn leaders had arrived in Tarhouna yesterday trying to encourage young men in the town to join the battle west of Tripoli in Dire Revenge the death of leading Dawn commander Salah Bourki, who was originally from Tarhouna and who was killed two days ago by LNA forces.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues...
the media office of Libya Dawn announced that Zintan airport was targeted in an Arclight airstrike this morning in reprisal for the attack against the Tarhouna camp. They claim that the aircraft used in the attack had flown from Zintan airport.

There has been a number of claims about air raids by both sides that have turned out to be inaccurate, and in some cases apparently deliberately misleading.

The last definite air attacks in the west of the country by the LNA were on Saturday. Yesterday, LNA sources claimed to have hit a number of targets in the capital, including two near Tripoli International Airport. But no such strikes appeared to have occurred.
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