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| Key Terrorist in 2012 Benghazi Attack Detained by Turkey and Deported to Libya, Where He May be Released |
| 2023-07-17 |
| [Atlas News] On July 11, Libyan al-Qaeda terrorist Ziad Balaam was briefly detained by authorities in Turkey, where he was originally slated to be deported to Libyan National Army (LNA) controlled Benghazi to face trial. It appears, however, that Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh has ordered him to be deported to Tripoli, which is under the control of the UN-backed Government of National Unity (GNU), according to journalist Adam Housley and former CIA targeter Sarah Adams. Balaam is said to be in custody of the RADA Special Deterrence Forces, according to Atlas News sources. Currently, the GNU has not signaled any intent to charge Balaam, who is a leader among groups allied to the GNU, raising fears he may be released. Ziad Balaam, whose full name is Farid Mohammad Muhammed Balaam, has been a career jihadist with decades of affiliation with al-Qaeda. In 2002, Balaam was sentenced to life in Libyan prison for his involvement with the terror organization in Sudan, but was broken out of prison amidst the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War. From there, he joined the al-Qaeda-affiliated Omar Mokhtar Brigade, part of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council and led by al-Qaeda’s Abdel Moneim al-Madhouni, which fought to resist LNA forces under Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar. Following al-Madhouni’s death, Balaam joined al-Qaeda’s Malik Brigade under Ansar al-Sharia, where he played a key role in the 2012 Benghazi attacks against a United States’ diplomatic compound and CIA annex, which left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and CIA Global Response Staff Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. |
| Posted by:Enver Slager8035 |
| #3 Ziad Balaam’s return from Turkey exposes Ankara’s sponsorship of wanted terrorists, yet again. Fixed it for you. Remember when that simple border guard called in the authorities on the supplies and men being delivered to ISIS in Syria, only it turned out President Erdogan’s son was involved in what turned out to be a quiet government project? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-17 13:09 |
| #2 Libya: A country the globalists control. It wont be haftar or his men releasing ziad. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-07-17 12:34 |
| #1 Ziad Balaam’s return from Turkey exposes Ankara’s sponsorship of wanted terrorists, August 05, 2020 Aya Ezz Although Fayez al-Sarraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has repeatedly denied the presence of extremists among its ranks, the return of Ziad Balaam, a terrorist leader close to al-Qaeda, to Tripoli after seeking treatment in Turkey has exposed the GNA’s embrace of terrorists. A security source in Misrata said that Balaam, who was receiving treatment and rehabilitation in Turkey after losing his right foot in a Libyan National Army (LNA) strike on GNA terrorist militias in western Libya, returned to Libya on Saturday, August 2, accompanied by a number of Syrian militants. The source pointed out that Balaam left Libya to seek treatment in Istanbul after Libyan terrorist mufti Sadiq al-Ghariani, who currently resides in Turkey, intervened in his favor. |
| Posted by: Slavising Unineting5672 2023-07-17 08:56 |