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2015-04-30 Africa North
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Dignity rejects UNSMIL invitation to dialogue, calls on Leon to tell UN to lift embargo
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[Libya Herald] Operation Dignity has rejected an invitation from UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon to join in the military platform of the Dialogue process. It says it is part of the regular army, not a militia, and that it takes its instructions only from the General Staff and the had of the armed forces.
It complained that Leon was treating it as just another militia. It did not negotiate or get involved in talks with militias, a front man said on Karama TV.
Separately, both Wanis Bukhamada, the head of Saiqa Special Forces
...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group...
and Jamal Al-Zahawi, head of 21 Brigade (Shuhada Al-Zawia Brigade) have said that the political dialogue "is dead". Zahawi is reported saying that the "only dialogue in Benghazi is with weapons" while Fadel Al-Hassi, the head of Saiqa's Investigations Unit, reports Bukhamada saying the UN process is finished and that the army is not going to be part of it.
Leon is due to brief the UN Security Council today on the situation in Libya. In its statement, the Dignity Operations Room also called on him to tell the UN to support it in the fight against terrorism and to lift the arms embargo.
The military statements follow the 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...
-based General National Congress' rejection of the latest draft proposal from the Dialogue. 
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