...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...
after receiving death threats for issuing a death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
against Ansar al-Sharia
...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet...
fighter, Mohammed Touati.
Hamad al-Ushaibi, a front man for the Libyan Revolutionaries Leadership Gathering has threatened to kill Judge Mohsen Busifi for the verdict against Touati.
Al-Ushaibi said in his tweet that carried Busifi’s photo: "This animal who sentenced to death a member of the Libya Shield
...a conglomerate of pro-Islamist militias deployed across Libya. It reports to the Libyan defense ministry and is organized like a real army unit. Its commander used to head a Benghazi brigade called Free Libya Martyrs...
Force
...paramilitary organization formed in 2012 out of anti-Gaddafi armed groups spread throughout Libya. The Libyan parliament now designates much of the Libya Shield Force as
terrorist. Elements of the Libya Shield Force were identified as linked to al-Qaeda as early as 2012....
s, is a legitimate target for the revolutionaries."
In February, the Tripoli Court of Appeals issued a verdict against Touati, ordering death by firing squad, for joining bully boy groups in the city of Benghazi.
Reports claimed that Touati received 6,500 Libyan dinars for fighting against the Libyan National Army (LNA). He was maimed twice, and received treatment in
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...and Tunisia.