Libya army chief calls for jihad
Il capo dell'esercito libico, il generale Abdel-Razzaq al-Nazari, ha chiesto oggi alle truppe fedeli al governo di Tripoli di intraprendere una "jihad" contro quelli che lui stesso ha definito i "fuorilegge" e i militanti islamici, tra cui alcune unità dell'esercito.
In a move apparently aimed at the Islamist militias and allied
forces who have captured Tripoli and most of Libya's second largest
city Benghazi, al-Nazouri called on all members of the army to join
their units immediately.
The army chief, appointed in August by
the country's new parliament, called on "Libya's youth" to "join the
jihad against the Kharijites and outlaws" - in a reference to a
notoriously extreme early Islamic sect.
Months of clashes have
pitted Islamist militias and local allies, including forces from the
powerful western town of Misrata, against rivals in Tripoli, Benghazi
and other areas.
The House of Representatives, meeting in the
small eastern port town of Tobruk for security reasons, has swung behind
the anti-Islamist forces, declaring the main Islamist militias to be
terrorist organisations.
The Islamists in Tripoli have retaliated
by reinstalling the former interim parliament, the General National
Congress, whose term of office expired in February.
Libyan
authorities have failed to build up coherent security forces since the
downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, relying instead on a plethora of militias
that sprang up during the 2011 revolt against the long-time ruler.
But
those militias have now become polarised along political and regional
lines, raising the prospect of nationwide civil strife.
Source: News24.com
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