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Africa North
Libyan army commander comes under 2nd attack
2011-12-11
not a dupe. They tried again. Third time's the charm?
A Libyan military spokesman says ex-rebels have tried for a second time to assassinate the country's new national army commander.
somebody REALLY doesn't like him
Was it something he said?
Sgt. Abdel-Razik el-Shibahy said Sunday that revolutionary fighters from the western mountain town of Zintan opened fire Saturday evening on Gen. Khalifa Hifter's convoy in Tripoli, after failing to assassinate him hours before. He says one guard was killed and four injured in this second attack. No one was killed in the first attempt.
incompetence, but perseverance.
The Libyan military says that the conflict began when a unit from the national army tried on Saturday to take control of the capital's airport from the Zintan fighters.
Posted by:Frank G

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