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| Ansar 'commanders' captured in Gwarsha |
| 2015-04-13 |
| [Libya Herald] Two Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... members, said to be commanders, were captured in Benghazi's Gwarsha district this afternoon: one Tunisian, the other Libyan. Munder Al-Kartush, front man for 309 Brigade, which is spearheading operations in the district, told the Libya Herald that the two were caught when moving between checkpoints. The Libyan had been acting as a general coordinator for Ansar, he said, collecting and distributing funds, weapons and ammunition, and food for its members. He was carrying an identity in the name of Alaa Bubakr Saati. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... it has since been discovered that it was not his. The real Saati this evening contacted the army to say that his card disappeared some time ago. The Tunisian, Kartoush said, had the tried to escape and had been rubbed out. Meanwhile the director of the city's Benina Airport, Osama Al-Mansour, has disclosed that eight missiles had landed "very near" it. He thought they had been fired randomly. Earlier he was quoted by the Beida office of the Libyan news agency LANA saying that the airport would not be opening soon. Although a great deal of progress had been achieved in building new passenger terminals before the present fighting, there had been massive subsequent damage and it would take time to rebuild, he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |