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| Misrata demonstrates against new parliament |
| 2014-08-08 |
| [MAGHAREBIA] A day after MPs from Misrata boycotted the first session of the Libya legislature in Tobruk, Misrata residents on Tuesday (August 5th) erupted into the streets to denounce Libya's new House of Representatives as "illegitimate". Some Misrata demonstrators also expressed support for the recent operation that destroyed 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... International Airport and caused 47,000 people to flee their homes. News about the protest puzzled other Libyans. "Misrata and its people are very strange," said Mahmoud Ali, a 47-year old lawyer. "There have been battles and liquidations for a month in Benghazi and Tripoli is burning because of gangs." "They have stopped water, electricity and petrol supplies to the capital and have polluted its air with the smell of explosives," he said. He also deplored their lack of compassion for Libyans in other areas. "Misrata didn't stage a single demonstration against the killings of people in Tripoli and Benghazi. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... they are now staging demonstrations under the pretext that the parliament is not constitutional! This demonstration is against the entire Libyan people," he said. For his part, 34-year-old lawyer Mansour Mohammed al-Dakini called on the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... to "besiege Misrata by land, sea and air". "I call on the new House of Representatives to take firm decisions against that city, which has been destroying Tripoli and wreaking havoc across our country," he added. Fatima al-Farjani, a teacher from Tripoli, said she worried about the destruction of the capital at the hands of Misrata. "They even publicly admitted that they're responsible for shelling the oil storage tanks and destroying the capital airport under the pretext of liberating Libya!" she said. "But who do they want to liberate Tripoli from?" Butcher Saad Mohammed told Magharebia: "I'm still in Tripoli because I don't have enough money to escape to Tunisia. I stayed with my children at the farm, but it's really scary in Tripoli." He added that terrorist groups were "mercilessly shelling all buildings and residential neighbourhoods". "They want to destroy Tripoli out of greed; they want to make Misrata the capital of Tripoli; they want Misrata to rise over the corpses of all Libyans. All Libyan cities are outraged with Misrata and its people who forgot that they were our Libyan brothers," he said. "Unfortunately, Misrata has forgotten the assistance provided to it by Cyrenaica when Qadaffy besieged them; we sent them men and weapons that liberated them from the siege," teacher Fathia Abdurrahman said. Misratans "have completely destroyed Tripoli" she said. "Don't they have any wise men among them?" she asked. |
| Posted by:Fred |