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Alleged ISIS gunmen in Libya ‘seize radio station’
Al Arabia News ^ | 21/3/2015 | AFP

Posted on 02/13/2015 7:56:17 PM PST by Viennacon

Gunmen claiming to be members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have seized control of a state-run radio station in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte, residents said Friday.

Websites affiliated with the militant group also posted pictures showing armed men sitting in front of microphones in a broadcasting studio and brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifles.

“They took Radio Sirte yesterday (Thursday). Since then they have been broadcasting (verses from) the Quran and speeches by (ISIS chief Abu Bakr) al-Baghdadi,” a resident of the central city told AFP by telephone.

The resident said speeches of ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani were also being played on the air.

A former local administration official said the gunmen have also set up a headquarters in the center of the city, and voiced concern that they could declare an Islamic emirate in Sirte.

“They could take advantage of the absence of any central government authority to transform the city into an Islamic emirate as they did in Derna,” an eastern city held by jihadist groups including ISIS.

The man, who declined to be named, said the gunmen apparently seized the radio “as a first step to communicate with the population.”

“The situation in Sirte is very complex,” he said, because many radical groups have a foothold there.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: braking; isis; islam; libya; terrorism
- Libya is in total chaos. Egypt is now evacuating all citizens from the country.

- ISIS prioritizing Libya as key target

"The importance he places on Libya was signaled last autumn when he dispatched his deputy in Syria, Abu Ali al-Anbari, a former major General in the Iraqi army, to orchestrate the final ISIS takeover of Derna, a city of 100,000 that has been a hotbed of Salafism since the 1990s"

- US backed government in exile now operating out of a Greek pleasure ferry

- Muslim Brotherhood-esque Salafist group Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) is wiping out any 'moderates' left and running the Libyan armed forces out of the country

- Taureg rebels, beaten out of Mali by France, are regrouping back in Libya

OBAMA FOREIGN POLICY DISASTER!

1 posted on 02/13/2015 7:56:18 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon
Websites affiliated with the militant group also posted pictures showing armed men sitting in front of microphones in a broadcasting studio and brandishing Kalashnikov assault rifle

Message to the Jordanian Air force....just drop a 500 lb bomb on it....thanks in advance.

2 posted on 02/13/2015 7:59:34 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Viennacon

What a mess!


3 posted on 02/13/2015 7:59:54 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: spokeshave

Message to the Jordanian Air force... watch out for the MANPADS Obama gave ISIS.


4 posted on 02/13/2015 8:01:34 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon
OBAMA FOREIGN POLICY DISASTER!

What's new, our foreign polices has been an utter disaster for 40++ years. All of which has looted the American treasure, left many dead among other reckless bad things. We're going to trust a government which has aided and abetted millions entering illegally? During war time yet? I don't think so.

5 posted on 02/13/2015 8:04:59 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Viennacon

Ring.....ring.....ring

“Hello. Radio station.”

“Hello. What is that song you are playing?”

“It is not a song. It is a speech by our leader.”

“Are you sure? I think I’ve heard this song before.”

“It is not a song! It is our leader giving a speech!”

“I don’t know. It sure sounds like “WITH YOURSELF” by Naughty Boy.”

“We are not playing music!”

“Are you sure? I think you are playing “WITH YOURSELF” at the radio station.”

“We are not playing any music!”

“I’ll bet you’re playing “WITH YOURSELF” because you were in that band. I’ll bet you are Jack Meof, one of the Naughty Boys.”

“I am not Jack Meof! I was not a Naughty Boy!”

“That’s not what the Imam is saying.”


6 posted on 02/13/2015 8:27:22 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Viennacon

It’s just not quite the same to go and sieze a server


7 posted on 02/13/2015 8:40:20 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Viennacon

That is Nothing, soon the FCC (administrated by a Muslim Brotherhood puppet) will be seizing all of the internet radio sites....


8 posted on 02/13/2015 10:29:42 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Inyo-Mono

It was Hillary’s plan all along....


9 posted on 02/13/2015 11:02:40 PM PST by LtKerst
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To: Viennacon; no-to-illegals; 2ndDivisionVet; caww; All

So is this trouble primarily in the Bengazi half or the Tripoli half. I doubt it is all the same group in both halves. So who is on top where?


10 posted on 02/14/2015 12:07:38 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

there are about 5 different groups fighting for Libya


11 posted on 02/14/2015 12:08:12 AM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Egypt needs to invade (with French and Russian Help) and establish order and drive out the IS people. It can be part of “Greater Egypt” (Cleopatra owned Libya once). The Egyptians could use the oil revenue-—The french could use bases to move on IS in centeral Africa. Russia ould use Tubrok as a Naval station. Win—win for everyone.


12 posted on 02/14/2015 12:56:00 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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We don’t need Russia getting more bases, their deal with Iran is bad enough


13 posted on 02/14/2015 1:00:12 AM PST by GeronL
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