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2019-09-09 Africa North

Elders of Tabu tribe deny displacing people from their homes in Murzuq

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Posted by Fred 2019-09-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 If the so-called Tabu are the Tubu ethnicity they are not indigenous to Murzuq. Their homeland is in the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti provinces of northernmost Chad. They served as a bodyguard to King Idris, were hated by Qadafi, and were involved in a long war with him and his Arab Legion. They are tough fighters and seem to want to control all of Libya's south, the Fezzan.

Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-09-09 09:18|| 2019-09-09 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Where do they stand on the various jihadi groups that infest that part of the world, Chereting Pelosi1889, many of which claim membership in Al Qaeda in North Africa/the Maghreb?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-09 13:24|| 2019-09-09 13:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Toubou and Tuareg tribes are part of the saharan tribal network. A loosely knit rebel/criminal melange of down and outs, criminals of opportunity. I know they fought against Qaddafi and the regime after the Arab spring. They are nomads, and their allegiance is pliable. But they hate Europeans with a vicious hatred. By extension maybe Americans too.

These Saharan tribes are minor league people traffickers and raiders. Earlier they claimed they wanted the best kind of education, industry and governance, but can't seem to let go of the tribal themes. Which invariably lead to conflict.

Haftar is fighting the broad spectrum of all islamist and auxiliary criminal tribes, by looting them mainly and killing the remnants. Not all Toubou are criminal though, only the Dillingers among them often vacillate between people smuggling and drug trafficking. The larger community may just be peaceable dimwits.

There's no ideological or religious connection with the AQ jihadis, it's merely one of convenience and economy right now.

This article answers your question fully, I think. Drugs and Money in the Sahara

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-09 14:09|| 2019-09-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 :-) More learning! Thank you, Dron66046.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-09 14:17|| 2019-09-09 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 There's no ideological or religious connection with the AQ jihadis, it's merely one of convenience and economy right now.

You just described Islamic "ideology" - which is an ideology of the desert, Dron66046.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-09 14:52|| 2019-09-09 14:52|| Front Page Top

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