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Manchester bomber Salman Abedi was rescued from Libyan civil war by Royal Navy
Sky News ^ | July 31, 2018

Posted on 07/31/2018 7:04:35 AM PDT by EdnaMode

The suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester last year had been rescued from the Libyan civil war by the Royal Navy.

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It has now emerged that in 2014 Abedi, his brother Hashem and around 100 other British citizens were evacuated from Tripoli by HMS Enterprise as the security situation in Libya deteriorated.

They were taken to Malta before returning to the UK.

A government spokesman said: "During the deteriorating security situation in Libya in 2014, Border Force officials were deployed to assist with the evacuation of British nationals and their dependants."

It is understood Abedi's name was on a list of stranded citizens handed to the crew in charge of the evacuation.

Until a month before his rescue, Abedi was being monitored by UK security forces. The review into the Manchester attack found that, based on the information available at the time, the decision to close his case was sound.

Hashem Abedi is currently held in jail in Libya by a militia group, but the British government has requested his extradition to face trial for his involvement in the Manchester attack.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: abedi; arianagrande; bombing; brexit; libya; manchester; manchesterbombing; royalnavy; salmanabedi; theresamay; unitedkingdom
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Didn't the left say that if we just treat everyone with kindness that they'll do the same?
1 posted on 07/31/2018 7:04:35 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

They will be tried and receive a “caution”.


2 posted on 07/31/2018 7:07:08 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
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To: EdnaMode

“Blowing off the hand that feeds you.”


3 posted on 07/31/2018 7:10:20 AM PDT by moovova
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To: EdnaMode

muslim gratitude.


4 posted on 07/31/2018 7:12:26 AM PDT by null and void (Equality is important, but quality is paramount.)
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To: EdnaMode

Just another unintended consequence of Obama’s illegal war to topple Libya, aided and abetted by McCain, Graham and Rubio.


5 posted on 07/31/2018 7:14:35 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: EdnaMode

WHAT? A moslem that was rescued and treated well actually detonated a bomb that killed innocent people???

Crazy talk.


6 posted on 07/31/2018 7:15:38 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: EdnaMode

Feeeeeeel the luuuuuuuve........................


7 posted on 07/31/2018 7:15:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: EdnaMode

A scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, asked a turtle to carry him on his back across a river. “Are you mad?” exclaimed the turtle. “You’ll sting me while I’m swimming and I’ll drown.”

“My dear turtle,” laughed the scorpion, “if I were to sting you, you would drown and I would go down with you. Now where is the logic in that?”

“You’re right!” cried the turtle. “Hop on!” The scorpion climbed aboard and halfway across the river gave the turtle a mighty sting. As they both sank to the bottom, the turtle resignedly said:

“Do you mind if I ask you something? You said there’d be no logic in your stinging me. Why did you do it?”

“It has nothing to do with logic,” the drowning scorpion sadly replied. “It’s just my character.”

***

The alternate ending is “This Middle East, you idiot.”


8 posted on 07/31/2018 7:29:11 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The terrorists freed by obama/Cameron/Hillary masterminded Benghazi 9/11 attack, Tunisia beach attack (20+ Britons killed)........


9 posted on 07/31/2018 7:30:57 AM PDT by granada
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To: EdnaMode

Hillary and Barack destroy Libya, Merkel welcomes all the detritus into the EU, Royal Navy provides the transport.

Bastards all of them


10 posted on 07/31/2018 7:31:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

A tiger never changes his stripes, once a moooslim always a moooslim. Before you turn in to one of those weirdos you have to be a moooslim to begin with, what of course doesn’t mean being stupid is only reserved for moooslims, as there are plenty of others as well and all indications are that overall society is not getting any better and brighter.


11 posted on 07/31/2018 7:36:19 AM PDT by saintgermaine (saintgermaine the time traveller)
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To: granada

Obama could not have usurped the office he was not eligible to hold without the complete cooperation of BOTH parties.

BOTH parties conspired to violate the Constitution.


12 posted on 07/31/2018 7:37:27 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: null and void

British royal navy participated the NATO’s military operation against Qaddafi.
A bunch of radicial islamists went out of Qaddafi’s prison.


13 posted on 07/31/2018 7:41:35 AM PDT by granada
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To: EdnaMode

14 posted on 07/31/2018 7:50:43 AM PDT by IWontSubmit (2)
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To: EdnaMode

These are the Libyans that were too religiously radical for the secular Qadaffi. Qadaffi’s al Qaeda enemies. Fled because they couldnt have sharia and a radical theocracy in Libya.

Now British citizens.


15 posted on 07/31/2018 8:01:05 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: EdnaMode

“Didn’t the left say that if we just treat everyone with kindness that they’ll do the same?”

Ironically, they treat anyone who doesn’t agree with them like dirt.


16 posted on 07/31/2018 8:16:24 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: silverleaf

It’s Britain. During 1990-2010, there were Londonistan, Tottenham Ayatollah.......

Some diplomats of islamic countries had to beg British government to stop protecting radical islamic hate preachers.


17 posted on 07/31/2018 8:20:37 AM PDT by granada
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To: neverevergiveup

Yeah it’s funny how that works.


18 posted on 07/31/2018 8:26:55 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Well, isn’t that a bloody cock-up!


19 posted on 07/31/2018 8:45:58 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: null and void
muslim gratitude.

Exactly. I was going to post the exact same thing.

20 posted on 07/31/2018 10:35:35 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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