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2020-02-11 Africa North
Islamist Syrian Mercenaries in Libya Make a Break for Italy
[INVESTIGATIVEJOURNAL.ORG] A Libyan National Army (LNA) source says that 17 Syrian mercenaries will attempt to illegally travel to Italia from al-Zawiya, a major human trafficking hub 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...
, Libya. The source says that the gunnies have paid a smuggler for the boat trip across the Mediterranean and are set to travel this Thursday.

The men are believed to be from the Ahrar al-Sharqiya faction of the Ottoman Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army

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... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(TFSA.) Ahrar al-Sharqiya is largely composed of former Hay’at Tahrir-al Sham (HTS) and Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
members from Deir Ezzor. Much like HTS, the group subscribes to a hardline Islamist ideology. "Ahrar al-Sharqiya are just as bad as [HTS]. They have many problems...they even fight the other TFSA factions," said Ziad Ibrahim*, a former TFSA fighter.

Ahrar al-Sharqiya has committed a host of war crimes in Afrin since 2018. The bad boy faction has been part of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
’s Operation "Peace Spring," an offensive of Ottoman Turkish aerial and TFSA ground attacks on Northeastern Syria that started in October of last year.

On October 12, Ahrar al-Sharqiya assassinated Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf in Northeastern Syria. The gunnies stopped Khalaf at a checkpoint they erected on the M4 highway and pulled her from her vehicle. Then, they bludgeoned her, dragged her by her hair, and shot her five times before posting gruesome photos and videos celebrating the murder on social media.

Abdullah Hassan*, a TFSA fighter from the Idlib countryside, said that Turkey has been moving Ahrar al-Sharqiya away from civilians in recent weeks. "They have been moving Sharqiya men out of Afrin, and they sent some to Tel Abyad and Ras al Ain, which are occupied by Turkey, because these areas are mostly empty," he said. "These fighters cannot be around other people. They’re barely human." Hassan says around 150 Ahrar al-Sharqiya fighters traveled to Libya from Syria just over a month ago, led by their commander Abu al-Mu’tasim al-Dairi.

The LNA source said that the Ahrar al-Sharqiya mercenaries are staying in Tajoura, at a base that houses at least 400 hardline Islamist Syrian gunnies sent to Libya by Turkey. The men were reportedly paid by a Ottoman Turkish officer who also provided them with cellphones upon their arrival in Libya. Subsequently, the GNA gave the Ahrar al-Sharqiya gunnies 6 Toyota pickup trucks to use.

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#1 "I feel like getting a plate of pasta"
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-11 05:16||   2020-02-11 05:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Fine day for a European invasion.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-02-11 11:30||   2020-02-11 11:30|| Front Page Top

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