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| Libya Dawn claims it rescued abducted Bangladeshis from IS |
| 2015-03-29 |
| [Libya Herald] A military commander from Misrata's 166 Battalion has said that his battalion rescued the two Bangladeshis reported set free by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) on Wednesday, as well as a Ghana national who was also kidnapped. Local media reported that the commander claimed the battalion was able to free the three captives during an operation on Wednesday which resulted in the establishment of a military strongpoint on the outskirts of Sirte. The timing claimed by the 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... commander contradicts Bangladeshi reports that the two men were released on Tuesday evening. The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh and the Embassy of Bangladesh in Libya also indicated that they worked intensely to obtain the release of the two men, but did not specify what steps were taken. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 If Libya Dawn is fighting ISIS and the LNA/Operation Dignity is fighting Ansar al Sharia (same as ISIS), then why are they fighting each other? Is it that dueling parliament, who is going to write the constitution thing or is it something more malignant? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-03-29 19:17 |