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Red Crescent calls for truce in Benghazi
Aljazeera ^ | 17 Oct 2014 | Ayman al-Warfalli and Feras Bosalum

Posted on 10/18/2014 11:11:51 PM PDT by Rabin

The Red Crescent in Libya has called for a ceasefire in Benghazi to allow the evacuation of families trapped by street fighting between an alliance of Sunni groups and a mix of government forces. Banks, government offices, and some hospitals are closed in Libya's second-largest city.

Egyptian war planes, continued to bomb Sunni positions.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; libya; redcrescent
PotUS, Islamic law Prof? Time and again. Can this proficiency in clusterflck be random, accident?

Rab can but wonder.

1 posted on 10/18/2014 11:11:51 PM PDT by Rabin
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To: Rabin
"War planes, which residents of the city say are Egyptian, continued to bomb suspected positions of the militias, who wish to implement Islamic law in the country."

Impossible! You can't fly to Benghazi to attack militias. It's ten hours from everywhere! As a matter of fact it's a geographical anomaly. It is the only place in the world where you can't get there from anywhere.

2 posted on 10/18/2014 11:22:57 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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