...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...
to stop the attacks and advances of 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. 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...'s forces in the western region.
After a meeting called by the commander of the central military zone Mohammed al-Haddad, the Misrata military factions urged the Head of the Presidential Council Fayez al-Sirraj to give orders to all western region's forces to fight the advances of "rebellious Haftar" off the region.
"Misrata has opposed and fought the tyrant Muammar Qadaffy
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...
and has always been keen on unity and accord among Libyans, thus it will never stand idly by the movements and escalation led by Haftar in western Libya in order to impose himself a ruler on all Libyans." The statement says.
The Misrata military council, brigades and revolutionaries called on UN envoy Ghassan Salame to issue a statement clarifying the UNSMIL's stance regarding the current military escalation in western Libya.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say
please...
the big shot at the Anti-Terrorism Force of the Presidential Council, Mukhtar al-Jahawi, said a massive force is on its way to Tripoli and will be securing it abasing threats, adding that it has announced high alert after Haftar's advances toward Tripoli.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say
please...
social media pages circulated an order by al-Sirraj for announcing the state high alert and general mobilization in the country and ordering the Air Force to carry out
s against outlaw gangs.