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2024-08-25 Africa North

Libyan Army Frees 1,000 Migrants in Major Anti-Trafficking Operation

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Posted by Fred 2024-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top
File under: Human Trafficking

#1 An interesting development. This would indicate that the LA controls at least 2/3 of Libya and is backing the wackos into the northwest corner of Libya where they operate from Tripoli.

Posted by Sligum Hupomoling9524 2024-08-25 08:11|| 2024-08-25 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I love Fred’s auto-translate bit about 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, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. 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. Actually, he is, but slowly...

Posted by trailing wife 2024-08-25 11:32|| 2024-08-25 11:32|| Front Page Top

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