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2014-09-17 Africa North
Ex-GNC member Kilani reported killed in Warshefana battle
[Libya Herald] Sheikh Mohammed Al-Kilani, the controversial Islamist congressman from Zawia, is reported to have been killed today in fighting between Warshefana and Libya Dawn
...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar...
forces.

Kilani, who once ascribed the failure of the GNC to the lack of gender-segregation among members, was suspected of being involved in the kidnap of Ali Zeidan last year. When protestors stormed the GNC this March, Kilani was allegedly beaten and briefly detained.

His death, if confirmed, comes little more than 24 hours after the wounding and capture of the leader of the Libyan Revolutionaries Operation Room (LROR), Shaaban Hadia Al-Zawi, better known as Abu Obeida, who has also been accused in involvement in Zeidan's abduction.
Posted by Fred 2014-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
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