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2019-02-01 Africa North
Libyan authorities detain an ISIS senior leader in Sirte
[Libya Observer] Local officials and residents in Sirte said Thursday that Libyan authorities had tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
one of ISIS big shots in Sirte, Khalifa al-Barg.

Rooters reported a Sirte official as saying that al-Barg was detained, adding that no foreign forces took part in the operation as claimed by residents, adding that the ISIS Death Eater was arrested from his house on Thursday.

Libyan media outlets reported that foreign forces may have helped in the arrest of al-Barg who was the founder of 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...
in Sirte.

"Some of Brigade 604 fighters and other authorities along with foreign forces arrested ISIS Death Eater after encircling his house in early hours of Thursday. He tried to fight his arrest using gunshots but at about 3.00 am, he surrendered after suffering a hand injury.

Al-Barg was a fighter in February 17 revolution and then he was appointed head of security committee of Sirte in 2014 and then head of local council of the city. He later founded Ansar al-Sharia group in 2015.
Posted by Fred 2019-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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