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| Tripoli gunmen seize Tunisians after commander is arrested in Tunis | |
| 2015-05-19 | |
...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... seized 172 Tunisians working in the city after a militia commander was incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... and detained by the police in Tunis. Walid Al-Ghleib, one of the leaders of the Medfaiyah Wal-Sewarigh ("Artillery and Missiles") Brigade, is now reported to have been released by the Tunisians and his current whereabouts unknown. For their part, the gunnies are said to have then freed the Tunisians, kidnapped on Saturday and Sunday, although Tunisian officials say they are still being held. They say that the Tunisian Consul in Tripoli is involved in negotiations to secure their release. Walid Al-Ghleib and his brigade are believed to be from Misrata, although currently based in Tripoli. He, apparently, crossed the border into Tunisia on Friday or Saturday. A senior Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... official in Tripoli accused Zintanis of informing the Tunisians who he was. Initially it was reported that the Tunisians had been grabbed because Misrata's hardline political figure Saleh Badi had been arrested at Tunis Airport as he was leaving on a plane for Europe, but that turned out to be a false assumption. Meanwhile in a separate incident in the Libya capital, a Tunisian, said to be a fighter with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS), is reported to have blown himself up yesterday in the east Tripoli suburb of Tajoura when cornered following a police chase. One of two other Tunisians with him surrendered and the third escaped. According to pro-Libya Dawn media, all three had been tracked down as a result of intelligence reports following their crossing of the border from Tunisia. | |
| Posted by:Fred |