Sunday 18 May 2014

No Fly Zone over Benghazi


ED NOTE:  On March 21, 2011, Sabir Nureddin (A "Progressive" Libyan Traitor  wrote: The West is doing the right thing in Libya

"A few moments ago France, the United States, Britain and other NATO countrieslaunched air and cruise missile strikes against Libyan dictator Mu’ammar Gaddafi’s military installations, in implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.", he started
The NATO war on Libya war on "is not about oil or money" he claimed.
"I say this as an anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, progressive pan-Arab nationalist. And it is from this vantage point that I witness with dismay our friends and natural allies, from the anti-war movement and George Galloway in the UK to  Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Daniel Ortega in Latin America, condemn the military action against Gaddafi as an imperialist plot whose aim is to seize Libyan oil." he added
On September 17, 2013, the same "progressive Pan-Arab" bastard is dreaming that the NATO would intervene again: Only an international force can save Libya
"It is time for the UN Security Council to bite the bullet, invoke Chapter VII of the UN Charter and immediately dispatch a stabilization force to Libya with a mandate to crush the armed militias by force".


Until the Murder of Kadhafi,Nureddin was the "reliable" source for Gordon Duff who wrote : AMERICA MUST ATTACK GADDAFI NOW
 Duff rejoiced the murder of Khaddafi. He asked: What Time is It? - click the link and read it commented. 

And he, Duff, told his readers how his well known"independent journalist" was present. He has worked for years in support of human rights projects around the world." "was commanding a unit -hand-picked squad that had been tracking, had been hunting  Gaddafi for weeks."  

Read the story as told by Mr. Duff Here, and my comment here.

Duff was not alone supporting the Zionist-Nato's war on Libya, there were many such as Ex-Palestinian Marine Veteran" SAMI JADALLAH who always condemned “terrorist” acts committed by both Israelis and Palestinians", and the Lady who dared to call the well known Human rights activist, Franklin Lamb, "the so-called human rights activist". 
There is also the Zionist Pundit who mocked Hugo Chavez saying: 

"HAVE YOU NO SHAME MR. PRESIDENT? I USED TO BE A STRONG SUPPORTER OF YOU, BUT NO MORE!

SUPPORT OF BLOOD-SOAKED TYRANTS MAKES A MOCKERY OF YOUR POPULIST CREDENTIALS."


BTW,  Mr. Lamb, the "so-called activist" returned from Libya with a sniper's bullet in his leg, while the handicapped analysts were sitting on their assess behind their laptops. 

However, after the "liberation" of Libya from Kadhaffi, and after Hillary came and saw, >Gordon, and the lady of VT, stopped reporting on Libya and their "reliable journalist" vanished from VT. 

May they have 
realized their mistakes, they changed the course are are standing firm against the Global war on Syria, and out of sudden the, DR. Lamb, the "so-called human rights activist" has become the VT reliable source in Syria.

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  • Libya Army Declares no Fly Zone over Benghazi
  • Local Editor


The Libyan army imposed a no fly zone over Benghazi Saturday in a direct challenge to a retired general who has been using air power to press a campaign against extremist militants there.

Khalifa Haftar, who lived in exile in the United States before returning home to lead ground forces in the 2011 uprising that toppled Moamer Gaddafi, heads what he calls a "National Army".

On Friday his paramilitary force, backed by warplanes and helicopters, pounded Islamist militiamen in Libya's second city and fought pitched battles with the ex-rebels.

Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani denounced Haftar's forces as "outlaws" and called on all parties to observe restraint.

"The operation will continue until Benghazi is purged of terrorists," Haftar told Libya Awalan television.

Armed forces chief of staff Abdessalam Hadallah al-Salihin has denied any army involvement in the Benghazi clashes, although he admitted that some officers and army units had defected to join Haftar.

Later Haftar spokesman Colonel Mohammad Hijazi called on people living in the western Benghazi district of Guwersha and the southern one of Sidi Fradj to evacuate their homes.

He did not say if this was the prelude to attacks on those neighborhoods, which are known to be bastions of the Islamists.

The army's high command upped the ante by declaring all of Benghazi and its suburbs a "no fly zone until further notice," state-run Lana news agency said.

"All military planes flying over the city will be shot down by army units... and units of the revolutionaries (ex-rebels)," it said.

But it was not clear if the army has the means to carry out its threat, which came as local sources said mediation was underway to try and prevent new fighting in Benghazi.

The health ministry said 37 people were killed and 139 wounded in Friday's clashes in Benghazi, cradle of the revolution that toppled and killed Gaddafi.

A precarious calm reigned in the port city Saturday.

Source: Agencies
17-05-2014 - 19:41 Last updated

Forty-three dead, over 100 wounded in Benghazi clashes




Chief of Staff of the Libyan Armed Forces, Major-General Abdessalem Jadallah al-Salihin (L) looks on as Libya's interim premier Abdullah al-Thani, speaks during a press conference in Tripoli on the security situation in the country's eastern coastal city of Benghazi on May 16, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Mahmud Turkia)
Published Saturday, May 17, 2014
The death toll from clashes in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has risen to 43 from 19 and more than 100 people had been wounded, a Health Ministry official said on Saturday.
Fighting broke out on Friday between irregular military forces and Islamist militants.
Residents said the situation was quiet on Saturday, while a retired Libyan general vowed to press a campaign to free Benghazi of "terrorist groups."
"The operation will continue until Benghazi is purged of terrorists," Khalifa Haftar told the broadcaster Libya Awalan of the country's second city, where the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi erupted in February 2011.
A precarious calm reigned in Benghazi after a deadly day that saw Haftar's forces target Islamist militiamen, using both ground and air power.
Local sources said mediation efforts were under way to try to ensure combat did not break out again.
Early Friday, Haftar unleashed his forces on former rebel Islamist groups, vowing to rid Benghazi of a "terrorist" scourge.
The violence came weeks after the government in Tripoli acknowledged for the first time the existence of "terrorist groups" in Libya and said it was mobilizing against them.
Haftar heads a group calling itself the "National Army" which launched "a large-scale operation to flush terrorists out of Benghazi," spokesman Mohammed al-Hijazi said on Friday.
"This is not a civil war. It's an operation against terrorist groups," added Hijazi, who like Haftar was an officer in Gaddafi's army before defecting.
Haftar's forces pounded former rebel groups in the city, focusing in particular on Ansar Sharia, an organization designated by the United States as a terrorist group, according to the army.
The regular amy denied any involvement in Friday's clashes, and the government condemned the operation.
(Reuters, AFP)

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