Posted on 05/20/2017 8:51:37 PM PDT by BeadCounter
A militia loyal to the unity government attacked an airbase controlled by Khalifa Haftar's forces, according to reports
At least 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to Libya's Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have been killed in an attack on a southern airbase, a spokesman for his forces said on Friday.
Reports suggest the Third Force militia, which is loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord in Tripoli on Thursday attacked the base used by Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA).
LNA spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari on Friday said the victims included civilians who worked at the Brak al-Shati airbase or were in the nearby area. He also reported that summary executions took place.
"The soldiers were returning from a military parade. They weren't armed. Most of them were executed," he said.
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Fred, I think Alan passed away some years back - he was in ill health then. If you notice his blog has not neen updated in 4 years. I was corresponding with him at the time and he suddenly stopped writing me. If you know different, let me know.
thanks for the reply, I wondered, when I saw the date of his last post. Sad.
I hope all is well.
I’ve been pretty absent from FR - guests, sickness, etc.
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