Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 07:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Six Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi violence Six soldiers were killed in clashes between Libyan special forces and armed protesters outside a special forces' base in the eastern city of Benghazi, an military official said on Saturday. Residents in the area said heavy gunfire and explosions were heard during the fighting and hours earlier a group of men had forced their way into a different army compound to steal weapons. [link to www.ndtv.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 41739005 United States 06/15/2013 08:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Now i'm confused, didn't we supply the Militias with arms and Obama stayed the course in Libya over 90 days with boots on the ground. Then how is there is standing Army if they were defeated by the killing of their leader the Col.? Has Obama put another puppet into power there to control them towel heads or not? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 08:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Now i'm confused, didn't we supply the Militias with arms and Obama stayed the course in Libya over 90 days with boots on the ground. Then how is there is standing Army if they were defeated by the killing of their leader the Col.? Has Obama put another puppet into power there to control them towel heads or not? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41739005 Short Answer - It's been two years. When Gaddafi fell, most of the military, which had remained loyal, disintegrated (many were already dead). There were brigades, which had defected, that remained. Those units are core of Libyan Army. In the last two years, fighters who took part in the uprising have joined the Army. Units have been trained in Jordan & Turkey. Entire militias have enlisted & been integrated in the Army. Islamist Militias, which remained independent and outside the military, have been terrorizing Libyans. A couple of months ago, the leaders of the new Libyan army decided to stand up to the militias. Last week, average citizens joined them, trying to peacefully evict the militias from a military base outside of the city. The result was a bloodbath, but the protesters seized the base. The militias have now gone on the offensive |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 08:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Armed activists clashed with Libyan special forces in the eastern city of Benghazi early Saturday, killing at least six soldiers, the army reported. The interim leader of Libya’s army warned of the danger of a “bloodbath” as the unrest in the city flared up again a week after clashes there killed more than 30 people. Heavy gunfire and explosions could be heard near the headquarters of the special forces at around 4:00 am (0200 GMT), AFP news agency reported. The Facebook page of the special forces said its members were exchanging light arms and rocket fire with an “outlaw” group and reported that two of its fighters had been wounded Then a little later it posted photos of three of its members and announced that they had been shot dead as they “were defending the legitimacy of the state with courage and honor.”... “There could be a catastrophe in Benghazi.” [link to english.alarabiya.net] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 08:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) [link to twitter.com (secure)] You can't tell it from this camera angle - but they were beheaded - the head in the picture is not attached to the body Mohamed Eljarh (@Eljarh) 6/15/13, 9:40 AM Spokesperson for #Benghazi's Joint Security Room says two of the Special Forces soldiers were beheaded by their attackers. #Libya |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) From BBC News - More details about last night... Six soldiers from an elite Libyan army unit have been killed overnight by masked gunmen in the restive eastern city of Benghazi. A source at the army's command centre in the city told the BBC that the gunmen had attacked the headquarters of a special forces unit elite. This then led to heavy fighting in the area, he added. [link to www.bbc.co.uk] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 30628880 United Kingdom 06/15/2013 12:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) From BBC News - More details about last night... Quoting: DarbyDoom Six soldiers from an elite Libyan army unit have been killed overnight by masked gunmen in the restive eastern city of Benghazi. A source at the army's command centre in the city told the BBC that the gunmen had attacked the headquarters of a special forces unit elite. This then led to heavy fighting in the area, he added. [link to www.bbc.co.uk] headline on that link Benghazi: Special forces soldiers 'killed by gunmen' fuck YOU BBC you do NOT have my support in any way shape or form for this 'war' |
Robert The Bobert User ID: 31754768 United Kingdom 06/15/2013 12:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Probably not going to happen...the state bar & state board of accountancy both have "actions unbecoming to the profession" rules... Losers But I put the beer girl costume on again last weekend & I posted a pic on twitter. At least it's a new angle - [link to twitter.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 07:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Drones (presumably American) have been flying over Benghazi for 2 years now. I thought this tweet from a Libyan was interesting - Benghazi Princess (@Amira_lite) 6/15/13, 4:18 PM Drones flying over #Benghazi ... Am wondering what good they've actually done... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 08:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Libya not Important? 3000 missiles have gone missing in Libya DAVID CAMERON has been warned that up to 3,000 surface-to-air missiles have gone missing in Libya and could fall into the hands of al-Qaeda-linked groups. British intelligence agencies fear Libya is becoming the “Tesco” of the world’s illegal arms trade, with Islamist terrorist groups able to obtain an array of sophisticated weaponry. Sources say the prime minister, who launched a military campaign two years ago to help topple Muammar Gadaffi, has made it clear he does not want his legacy to be tarnished by Libya becoming a failed state responsible for exporting terror. It is understood MI6 estimates there are a million tons of weaponry in Libya — more than the entire arsenal of the British Army — and much of it is unsecured. [link to www.thesundaytimes.co.uk] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 10:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) WTF? This from Kuwait News Agency... U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Friday evening with British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of next week's G-8 Summit in Northern Ireland, hosted by Cameron, the White House announced here Saturday. The White House said in a statement that the five leaders discussed Syria, including "the regime's use of chemical weapons against its own people, and ways to support a political transition to end the conflict." They also discussed Libya, "our collective efforts to support Prime Minister (Ali) Zeidan, and the Libyan government's work to enhance security and advance the political transition." Obama noted "how much he is looking forward to his first trip to Europe during his second term, which will include addressing youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland; attending the G-8; and making an official visit to Berlin at the invitation of Chancellor Merkel," the statement noted. What what what? events in Libya get almost no US media coverage but before the G-8 the two issues discussed are Syria & LIBYA??? [link to www.kuna.net.kw] Another article (AFP) Says same thing - [link to www.google.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 10:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) The US & its key allies, on the eve of the G-8 summit, chose to discuss Syria (of course) and Libya?? AND they chose to disclose the fact that they were discussing Libya. Holy shiite - What does that mean??? Libya is about to explode?? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/15/2013 11:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Just Figured it out... Why were Libya & Syria the only issues discussed during G8 pre-call (Libya is hardly in the same league as Syria when it comes to geopolitical sensitivity/media coverage/nasty deaths)... [link to www.digitaljournal.com] Because someone has given the jihadists in Syria shoulder fired missiles & they are going to blame Libya. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 08:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Stefan Mugitsch (@StefanMugitsch) 6/16/13, 3:22 AM last night was peaceful in #Benghazi - no incidents happened #Libya US or Saudi Arabia or Qatar have given MANPADS to al Qaeda in Syria. Who knows, maybe the missiles came from Libya (through Chris Stevens' Benghazi business partners)...maybe they didn't BUT - in the grand scheme of things, no one gives a rat's ass about Libya. So, if Libya was one of two subjects discussed in the G8 pre-call, if wasn't because a couple of soldiers were beheaded in Benghazi. My guess, Libya is going to be blamed for the MANPADS. Just a wild-ass guess, probably wrong... We'll know by the end of the week. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 05:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Here it is BREAKING NEWS - I am shocked!!!! Libya has been supplying missiles to Jihadists in Syria [link to akhbar.alaan.tv] Translation to follow |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 05:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) from Google Translate - The United States announced it would send in the future weapons to the opposition in Syria... But the Libyan city of Benghazi rebels and more than a year ago, did not hesitate in sending arms shipments from Libya to Syria.... Sent during the past year three shipments of weapons of steamboats from Benghazi to Turkey and then overland to Syria, the latest in nearly a month ago... . Offer you here the first exclusive photos of these shipments, has concealed the faces of the participants in this campaign for security reasons. The pictures show Libyan ship carrying vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns in the port of Benghazi. These pictures military vehicles with anti-aircraft weapons, and large quantities of ammunition. All of these weapons, does not come from any government party, but donated by Libyan battalions participated before in the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. - See more at: [link to translate.googleusercontent.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) 6/16/13, 1:17 PM Over last yr, 3 arms shipments were sent by boat from #Benghazi via Turkey 2 #Syria. Last was sent a month ago. Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) 6/16/13, 1:18 PM Weapons from #Libya to #Syria opposition include around 120 SAM 7 surface to air-missiles. Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) 6/16/13, 1:26 PM Arms are also sent by planes. My source: "27 flights w/ arms took off from #Libya to #Turkey & less often 2 #Jordan. Jenan Moussa (@jenanmoussa) 6/16/13, 1:32 PM Weapons sent to #syria are donated by former rebel units in eastern #Libya, Libyan government is not involved. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) This guy was right about the missiles - Is the rest of the article correct? The Stingers of Benghazi After the Benghazi attack, there were public reports of Libyan arms, including these types of anti-aircraft missiles, being smuggled to the Syrian resistance fighting Bashar Assad’s regime.... In October 17, 2012, about one month after the ship docked in Turkey, Reuters reported, “Amateur footage of rebels using shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missiles have emerged in recent days.” About a week later, Russia’s top military officer, accused the United States of providing American-made Stinger missiles to the Syrian rebels, a charge the Pentagon and State Department denied. The American government may not have directed the smuggling of weapons from Libya to Syria through Turkey — but there is evidence to suggest they were aware of it.... Was Chris Stevens’s “mission in Benghazi” to buy back weapons? Stevens’s planned agenda for his scheduled five-day stay in Benghazi, according to GQ, included plans to “rechristen the U.S.-managed compound ‘an American Space,’ offering local Libyans English lessons and Internet access and show films and stock a library.” But his final act as ambassador, on the early evening of September 11, 2012, was a meeting with Ali Sait Akin, the Turkish consul general in Benghazi.... [link to www.nationalreview.com] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 07:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) wasnt there a guy on 60minutes driving around in a toyota digging up stingers for the us gov.right after libya fell.what happened to those missiles? Quoting: robomont 38101502 Libya had a significant stockpile of missiles before the uprising. France, Qatar & probably many other countries supplied the more weapons (including missiles) during the uprising. There are plenty of Libyan missiles to go around. And that's presuming the Syrian missiles actually came from Libya... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/16/2013 10:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Don't turn Syria into a 'Tesco for terrorists' like Libya, generals tell Cameron Read more: [link to www.dailymail.co.uk] |
Robert The Bobert User ID: 31754768 United Kingdom 06/17/2013 07:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Probably not going to happen...the state bar & state board of accountancy both have "actions unbecoming to the profession" rules... Losers But I put the beer girl costume on again last weekend & I posted a pic on twitter. At least it's a new angle - [link to twitter.com (secure)] Nice twitter pics, will have to swap email addresses sometime if you want. Be the God, we are all God. Universal peace and light. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2162691 United States 06/17/2013 04:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Yesterday, the Arab media reported that Libyan militias based in Benghazi Supplied SAM-7 Missiles to the Syrian Rebels About the SAM 7 - This is a Soviet-built, shoulder-launched, surface-to-air missile, the SAM-7. First developed in 1959, first deployed in combat in 1968, the SAM-7 is still in use today. The purpose of the SAM-7 is air defense and to force low-flying aircraft (under about 2,300 meters) into higher altitudes where radar can detect them. The SAM-7 not only represents an enduring and effective military technology, but it also represents the proliferation of small, portable missile technology that has been licensed and adapted throughout the world, especially in less-developed nations. [link to airandspace.si.edu] The media reports contain photos of Libyan arms shipments, details of the shipments, and interviews with Libyans who took part in the effort. SO - why is R**ters running this story today? Putin, Obama face off over Syria; rebels get Saudi missiles New evidence emerged of escalating foreign support for the rebels, with a Gulf source telling R**ters that Saudi Arabia had equipped fighters for the first time with shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, their most urgent request. The MSM lies, obvious they are today |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/18/2013 07:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Another English-language story about Libyan weapons shipments to Syria The adventures of a Libyan weapons dealer in Syria Abdul Basit Haroun says he is behind some of the biggest shipments of weapons from Libya to Syria... The first consignment of weapons was smuggled into Syria aboard a Libyan ship delivering aid last year... A reporter was taken to an undisclosed location in Benghazi to see a container of weapons being prepared for delivery to Syria. It was stacked with boxes of ammunition, rocket launchers and various types of light and medium weapons. Haroun and an associate said it was being stored on the unnamed base to keep the arms safe... He also has credentials as a commander from the days of the revolution. “Abdel Basit Haroun was with us in the February 17 brigade before he quit to form his own brigade,” said fellow brigade commander Ismail Salabi. ...The UN report appears to confirm at least some of Haroun’s account, in its investigation in the case of a second vessel, the Al Entisar. The Panel investigated a news report that a Libyan ship with around 400 tons of aid had supplied Syrian rebels with “the largest consignment of weapons ... since the uprising.” The Panel found that the loading port was Benghazi, that the exporter was “a relief organization based in Benghazi” and the consignee was the same Islamic foundation based in Turkey that Haroun said had helped with documentation.... [link to english.alarabiya.net] Note - Ismail Salabi, along with his old brother, a prominent cleric, are well-known Salafists who are known as Qatar's men in Libya. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/18/2013 07:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) Libya, Armed And Dangerous: Piles Of Weapons Fuel Illicit Exportation Of War Of the various kinds of weaponry that have lately turned up in Syria, man-portable air-defense systems, or MANPADS, are particularly alarming. MANPADS are missiles that can be launched by a single fighter or small team. They need not be mounted to vehicles, are easily smuggled, and can be very difficult to track and target. Recent videos from Syria have shown some sophisticated MANPADS in action, such as the FN-6, a Chinese-made surface-to-air missile, and the SA-24, a Russian product. Both are fairly recent models with heat-seeking capabilities, making them very dangerous not only to military craft, but also to civilian planes. While Libyan anti-aircraft missiles were typically of the vehicle-mounted variety, it is possible that some of the SA-24s in Syria came from Gadhafi’s scattered stockpiles. Human Rights Watch reported that empty boxes that had apparently contained SA-24s were found in Libya in 2011, collecting dust in a schoolbook printing facility. Most of Libya’s Gadhafi-era anti-aircraft missiles were of older and less sophisticated than SA-24s. But the numbers nonetheless paint a worrisome picture; of the more than 20,000 MANPADS stockpiled by the regime, about 3,000 remain unaccounted for. That’s to say nothing of the other weapons – tank rounds, mortars, land mines, rifles and more – that have been at risk of theft since the regime fell. [link to www.ibtimes.com] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 31243632 United States 06/19/2013 06:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Libya - Benghazi Militias Have Been Supplying Missiles to Syrian Jihadists for Over a Year (CIA/Amb. Stevens Involved?) A police station in Benghazi was bombed last night - nothing new - every police station in city has been hit in last 7 months... What's new - someone taught the Libyans how to build an effective bomb. [link to twitter.com] Stefan Mugitsch (@StefanMugitsch) 6/19/13, 3:30 AM Around 2:00 am this morning , a police station located in (Hadaik district of #Benghazi) has been bombed by unknown people #Libya Libya ☾✰ (@LIBYA_BREAKNEWS) 6/19/13, 6:27 AM The bomb that targeted AlHadaiq Police station in #Benghazi was so powerful, that the building is no longer there. #Libya |
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