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Libyan special forces commander says his forces join renegade general
reuters.com ^ | Mon May 19, 2014 2:46pm EDT | Ayman al-Warfalli and Ulf Laessing

Posted on 05/19/2014 12:05:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin

"We are with Haftar," Special Forces Commander Wanis Bukhamada told Reuters in the eastern city of Benghazi. On live television he had earlier announced his forces would join "Operation Dignity", as Haftar calls his campaign.

The special forces are the best trained troops of Libya's nascent army. They have been deployed since last year in Benghazi to help stem a wave of car bombs and assassinations, but struggled to curb the activities of heavily-armed Islamist militias roaming the city.

An air base in Tobruk in Libya's far east also declared alliance with Haftar's force to fight "extremists".

"The Tobruk air force base will join ... the army under the command of General Khalifa Qassim Haftar," the statement said.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: libya

1 posted on 05/19/2014 12:05:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hussein obamar and his muslim brotherhood sure screw those people. The average person in Libya is much worse off after obamar and Hillary overthrew their government.

Sadly, the punk is screwing us over here too.


2 posted on 05/19/2014 12:11:29 PM PDT by boycott
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To: BenLurkin

I guess they weren’t so “special” after all.


3 posted on 05/19/2014 12:21:11 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Or too special.


4 posted on 05/19/2014 12:29:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: boycott

Maybe Haftar isgood news,

We will able to tell after the Obamabastard announces if he is supporting him or not. If he isn’t getting Barack’s endorsement, we KNOW he is a good guy.

Sad, isn’t it? A once great world power, a voice for freedom everywhere, reduced to the plaything of a Marxist moron.


5 posted on 05/19/2014 12:41:07 PM PDT by ZULU (https://www.facebook.com/freejustina)
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To: BenLurkin

As detestable as Qaddafi was, he had the terrorists under control.


6 posted on 05/19/2014 12:50:53 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: boycott

Both Obama and Hilary need to get a lot more stick for their disastrous policy in Libya. The press is too servile to mention it.


7 posted on 05/19/2014 3:08:12 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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