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| IS seizes Khoms judge |
| 2015-07-28 |
| [Libya Herald] The abduction of a judge from Khoms while he was driving past the small town of Harawa has been strongly condemned by the Libyan Judges Organisation (LJO). Salem Mohammed Al-Namli, a member of Khom's Court of Appeal, was seized two days ago by gunnies from 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) when he was stopped at the checkpoint manned by them at Harawa, some 70 kilometres east of Sirte. He was apparently seized when the gunnies discovered his identitity. Harawa was captured by IS in early June. Why the judge thought he would be safe travelling in the area has not been explained. The LJO, condemning the abduction as disgraceful and demanding his captors release him, called on government bodies and officials as well as tribal elders and NGOs to exert maximum pressure on IS to get Namli released. The perpetrators of the crime were "extremist" and "terrorists" and should be brought to account and punished, the LJO said. |
| Posted by:Fred |