Posted on 07/28/2011 2:56:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A May 2011 file photo of General Abdel-Fattah Younis, the senior military officer leading rebel forces against Muammar Qaddafi. A former interior minister and head of Special Forces, Younis was considered a key supporter of Qaddafi before defecting
The head of the Libyan rebel's armed forces and two of his aides were killed by gunmen Thursday, the head of the rebel leadership said.
The death of Abdel-Fattah Younis was announced at a press conference in the de facto rebel capital, Benghazi, by the head of the rebels' National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. He told reporters that rebel security had arrested the head of the group behind the killing.
Rebel security had arrested Younis and two of his aides early Thursday from their operations room near the rebels' eastern front.
Security officials said at the time that Younis was to be questioned about suspicions his family still had ties to Muammar Qadaffi's regime.
Younis was Qadaffi's interior minister before defecting to the rebels early in the uprising, which began in February.
Abdel-Jalil said that Younis had been summoned for questioning regarding "a military matter." He said Younis and his two aides were shot before they arrived for questioning.
Abdel-Jalil called Younis "one of the heroes of the 17th of February revolution," a name marking the date of early protests against Qadaffi's regime.
While he criticized Qadaffi for seeking to break the unity of rebel forces, he did not say directly that Younis' killers were associated with the regime. Instead, he issued a stiff warning about "armed groups" in rebel-held cities, saying they needed to join the fight against Qadaffi or risk being arrested by security forces.
Younis defected to the rebel side in February, but rumors have spread that he has engaged in secret talks with the Qaddafi regime.
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Serbia was a majority Christian nation.””
Yes, we slaughtered Christians to protect muslims; muslims that have been murdering Christians for centuries. And just look how they have repaid us.
Our foreign and domestic policy rests on the doctrine of muslim empowerment—this effort led by that maggot some call a president.
He looks like Qaddaffi’s younger brother.
Not “we”, brother.
Clinton and his cronies.
I know it’s a hairsplitting distinction, but it matters.
Believe me - I have zero tolerance for the Saracens.
I have even less tolerance for those who would tell us to stand down and not defend ourselves against the subversives within our own country, who are at work 24-7-365 to take us down. Both of the liberal type AND their muzzie allies.
Now we’re letting the Mohammedans put a mosque at Ground Zero.
Next I expect our government will invite the Japanese to build a Shinto temple at Pearl Harbor.
No offense intended—i was referring to We in the sense of what was once our country. Agreed—it was Clinton cronies.
“...No offense intended...”
I know, brother. None taken.
It’s still Our country, bro; we just have a temporary but serious infection going on that needs excising.
It’s like lancing a boil; once you expose it, the pus comes out, horribly so, but the healing begins after you lance it.
Navy Vet,
Basic questions we should have had basic answers to weeks ago. Our mass media are nothing more that propaganda vehicles for progressives. Naturally we’re not going to get any answers from those who are paid handsomely to give us the news.
For weeks, we were inundated with news from Egypt. Now there appears to be a news moratorium on anything substantive from the Mideast.
We do get the occasional story of Libyan redneck rebels running over the hill in their white Toyata pickup trucks —only to come blasting back when there’s smoke. What a pathetic joke!!
I fear we only hear what Big Brother wants us to hear. Whoever Big Brother is . . . I guarantee you he has connections to the FED, Goldman Sachs, and the BIS, Bank of International Settlements.
Excellent questions. Don’t hold your breath for answers.
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