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| New Benghazi operation announced by Hafter |
| 2015-09-20 |
| [Libya Herald] There were heavy air strikes this afternoon in Benghazi's Leithi, Gwarsha and Sabri districts following the announcement of a new military operation against 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.... and other krazed killer groups in the city. The launch of Operation Doom (Hatif) was unveiled earlier in the day by the head of Libyan armed forces, General Khalifa Hafter, at a military gathering at Benina Airbase. Almost all the army and air force top brass in Benghazi were present, includeing the head of Saiqa Special Forces ...Libya's elite army unit, insofar as they have one, formed from a mixture of paratroopers and commandos. The group emerged from a militia with the same name in 2010. It now numbers a few thousand and reports to the Ministry of Defence. It deployed in Benghazi in an attempt to control the carnage. As a result, it has been attacked and several of its officers murdered. The force is popular in Benghazi for its stance against Ansar al-Sharia group... , Colonel Wanis Bukhamada, and the head of the Benghazi Operations Room, Colonel Ali Elthemen. According to Hafter, the operation will be intensive, will see greater coordination between air and ground forces, and will target the krazed killers' weapon and supply stores as well as their bases. Hafter has been attacking them in the three areas for the past year. Although there has been some success, the krazed killers, still well supplied with weapons, ammunition and men, have not been defeated and continue, largely through sniper fire, to prevent the Libya National Army (LNA) taking possession of the areas. The LNA, together with local militias directly under Hafter's control, have resorted to heavy artillery to shell terrorist positions but while it has destroyed many buildings, it has not stopped the snipers. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... random missile firing, which both sides have been accused of carrying out, continues to claim innocent lives in the city. Yesterday an eight-year old girl, named as Isra Ferjani, was killed and her 10-year old sister Nur Al-Huda maimed along with three other adults, in random missile strikes in the city's Salami district. |
| Posted by:Fred |