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| Warshefana tribe ready for peace with all groups, but 'on condition' |
| 2015-09-18 |
| [Libya Herald] The Warshefana say they are willing to make peace and reconciliation with all Libyans and other tribes "without exception". However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... in a statement published on Facebook, the Warshefana, based south west of 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... , set seven conditions "necessary to the success of any reconciliation in the near future". Heading the list, they said that "catastrophe" of the 17 February Revolution was preventing reconciliation and peace. This is seen as indicating that that the they believe Libya has to move on from the revolution and concepts of "revolutionary legitimacy" and build the country anew. Other conditions are that all parties must "stop supporting terrorist organizations and the Kharajites" (a reference to 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.... ) and instead support true Islam and what they called the Malaki Salafist principles". (The term "Salafist" in Libya means devout and purist.) The Warshefana also called for all prisoners and detainees to be released and the victims of festivities and attacks since the outbreak of the revolution to be compensated. In the aftermath of the revolution, the Warshefana were regularly condemned as Qadaffy supporters. At the beginning of last year, revolutionaries, mainly from Tripoli and Zawia, blitzed the area, killing hundreds of locals and forcing several thousand to flee. As a result, when most of those same revolutionaries last summer joined 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... , the Warshefana allied themselves to its opponents, the Zintanis and the House of Representatives. Since then a slow campaign has resulted in Warshefana recapturingmost of their area, but at considerable cost. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ahhh, a tribe will make peace with other tribes...on certain conditions. I think I see the problem. Do they each have their own flag? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-09-18 07:38 |