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2020-03-14 Africa North
Libyan Sheikhs and Elders Council: Qatar Continues to Communicate with Terrorist Groups
[ALMARSAD.CO] The spokesperson for the Supreme Council of Libyan Sheikhs and Elders, Abu Bakr Suleiman Mardamah said that Libyans support the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...
, to fight terrorism and Ottoman Turkish invasion of Libya.

[Libyan, 13 March 2020] ‐ Abu Bakr Suleiman Mardamah, a notable figure of the Tebu in the western region, told al-Ain news website that the action was taken by the Council regarding suing Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
for committing war crimes in Libya is not just talk because the Council has already begun following necessary procedures to sue these countries officially.

He noted that the Libyans have declared the call for Jihad not to fight against other Libyans but to fight Ottoman occupation. He stressed that all the Libyan tribal members have been fighting in various axis under the umbrella of the LNA to confront the Ottoman occupation that tried to break the bonds among the Libyans and spread conflict across the country.

"Libyans in the Mosaed crossing in the east, at Las Jdir in the west, at Tamsah and Kaftah in the southeast, and at Tajirai and Qatron in the southeast are backing the Armed Forces in its war against terrorism," he added.

Mardamah pointed out that Libya does not embrace turbans who are loyal to Turkey, yet they exist mainly in 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...
, the capital, and in the surrounding districts which are still under the control of the militias of the Government of the National Accord (GNA) headed by Fayez al-Sarraj. "All Libyans reject them," he added.

Posted by Fred 2020-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Qatar (MB) 

#1 Interesting. Shaykh Mardamah is a Tebu, and the Tebu (Tubu,Toubou, etc.) homeland is the Borkou-Ennedi=Tibesti region of northernmost Chad. They served as King Idris' bodyguard, and were attacked by Qadafi in his endless war on Chad. The Tebu seemingly had little love for the LNA and made present day Fezzan of south Libya a battleground. One wonders how much influence Mardamah has over Tebu warriors.
Posted by b 2020-03-14 09:08||   2020-03-14 09:08|| Front Page Top

#2 You are ever a font of information, b. What did Moammar Khadaffy have against Chad?
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-14 12:59||   2020-03-14 12:59|| Front Page Top

#3 A: the Tubu of northern Chad blocked Qadafi's incorporation of the so-called Aozou Strip. They blocked the creation of a Greater Libya that would have stretched from the Med to Lake Chad and beyond. He also held it against the Tubu that they served as bodyguards to King Idris and did so to the end, blowing away many Libyans before retreating to the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. Later, they soundly defeated Qadafi's Arab Legion in a series of battles inside Chad.
Posted by b 2020-03-14 14:42||   2020-03-14 14:42|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Thanks
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-14 16:42||   2020-03-14 16:42|| Front Page Top










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