Posted on 08/24/2014 6:51:00 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The victory, which secures Islamist control over Tripoli, was a culmination of weeks of fighting triggered by elections in July which Islamist parties lost. Rather than accept the result, Islamist leaders accused the new parliament of being dominated by supporters of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and have sought to restore the old national congress.
“The general national congress will hold an emergency meeting in Tripoli to save the country,” said congress spokesman Omar Ahmidan.
Libya’s official parliament, the House of Representatives, in the eastern city of Tobruk, denounced the attack as illegal, branding Dawn a “terrorist organisation” and announcing a “state of war” against the group. The move leaves Libya with two governments, one in Tripoli, one in the east of the country, both battling for the hearts and minds of the country’s myriad militias.
There are few regular forces for the government to call on, with the prime minister, Abdullah Al Thinni needing to persuade nationalist and tribal militias to try to recapture the capital. Dawn militias are consolidating their hold on the capital by rounding up government sympathisers and people from Zintan, whose militia defended the airport.
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Let’s arrest another video producer
The bastard in chief has created a huge mess. Time for him to get back on the golf course.
In before the; “What difference, at this point, does it make?”
And but for that military coup, Egypt would be in the same mess.
And but for that military coup, Egypt would be in the same mess.
Exactly. And so would Syria if obama had done what he wanted.
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