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Did Italy Just Assassinate Libya's Migrant Smuggling Kingpin?
Daily Beast ^
| 09.26.15
| Barbie Latza Nadeau
Posted on 09/27/2015 1:08:44 PM PDT by aquila48
ROME For months, humanitarian aid workers and Europes leaders have been wringing their hands about how to stop the human traffickers who are responsible for the deluge of migrants and refugees making the dangerous crossing from Libyan ports to European shores. There has been talk of everything from destroying smugglers ships to infiltrating the traffickers networks, but apparently a more basic plan was also in the works.
On Saturday morning Salah Al-Maskhout, a former henchman for Muammar Gaddafi thought to be the mastermind behind the main Mediterranean trafficking ring operating in the seas between North Africa and Europe, was killed in Tripoli during an ambush along with eight of his body guards.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; gaddafi; italy; libya; libyatrafficker; refugeetrafficking
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:08:44 PM PDT
by
aquila48
To: aquila48
That’s one way to put a dent in the Muslim refugee flow. We should do the same on our Mexican border.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:10:28 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: aquila48
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:11:12 PM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
To: aquila48
I hope they put him in a wood chipper greased with pork fat.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:13:00 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation -- FUJB!!!)
To: aquila48
Just as in Iraq, the vestiges of a corrupt regime are slow to die. This will be a problem wherever there is the false religion of Islam.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:13:18 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: aquila48
La Vendetta e’ il nostro!
To: dennisw
That’s what I’ve been saying all along, hunt down the smugglers and make them die a dog’s death.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:16:00 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Captainpaintball
I like the way you think.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:16:21 PM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
("Our courts should not be collection agencies for crooks." — John Waihee, Governor of Hawaii, 1986-)
To: aquila48
The smuggling rings are like the Mexican cartels. I figure the competition took him out, and I won’t jump to conclusions that the Italian government did it.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:16:49 PM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
To: aquila48
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:17:54 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
To: gov_bean_ counter
“Oh Salah, you won’t be seeing him no more.”
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:19:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: sockmonkey
To have enough firepower to kill him AND his eight bodyguards takes a lot of planning and coordination .. do you think his competition would have the resources to accomplish this?
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:19:42 PM PDT
by
Ken522
To: aquila48
> was killed in Tripoli during an ambush along with eight of his body guards.
In this case, eight was not enough...
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:20:22 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Ken522
*cough* Check Norris *cough*
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:20:39 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
To: Arm_Bears
I hope so too, but it could also be a local turf war over the smuggling business. I find the “head hem off at sea” initiative hopeful, tho.
To: ClearCase_guy
Chuck not Check. I hate auto correct.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:21:11 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:22:04 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
To: Ken522; sockmonkey
"Al-Maskhout, who is wanted in Italy on human trafficking charges, was reportedly swiftly killed along with his men, even though local media reported that they were armed with Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifles while the attackers used smaller handguns. The incident took place as Al-Maskhout, who is said to run the trafficking ring from Zuwara, left a family property near the Tripoli Medical Centre."
If this report is accurate, then it
was a hit by skilled professionals.
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:30:21 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
09/27/2015 1:31:11 PM PDT
by
mrsmel
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: aquila48
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