Mission Accomplished: ISIS Overruns Libyan Hotel Used by United Nations
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January 27, 2015 by 0 Comments
Remember the time that Obama lied and claimed that Gaddafi was committing genocide and began bombing Libya? That turned out really well. We currently don’t recognize the government in charge of Libya which almost got taken out by ISIS.
Which is now also in Libya. Because Obama’s regime change in Libya turned out almost as well as ObamaCare.
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Libya’s capital Tuesday, killing at least five foreigners and three guards, authorities said.Why is Hamza’s force so-called? Because we don’t recognize it either.
The attack, which included a car bombing, struck the Corinthia Hotel, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea.
Another security official earlier said the gunmen killed three guards and took hostages, but had no further information on the captives’ identities.
Mahmoud Hamza, commander of the so-called Special Deterrent Force, said five foreigners were killed, without elaborating.
Another security official earlier said the gunmen killed three guards and took hostages, but had no further information on the captives’ identities.
He said the hotel had Italian, British and Turkish guests, but the hotel was largely empty at the time of the attack. He said the militia-backed Prime Minister Omar al-Hassi usually resides at the hotel, but was not there Tuesday.
Fighters wearing black uniforms labeled “police” and loyal to the Tripoli government — one of two rival governments now fighting for control of Libya — responded to the attack, cordoning off streets and surrounding the hotel. Their forces entered a long standoff with assailants still inside.Tripoli is currently controlled by an alliance of Islamists ranging from the Muslim Brotherhood (as the New York Times calls them “moderate Islamists” to straight up Al Qaeda.
A group calling itself the Tripoli Province of the Islamic State, the extremist group that has seized territory in Syria and Iraq, issued a statement on social media claiming responsibility for the attack just as it was beginning. The group portrayed the assault as retaliation for the abduction last year by American commandos of a Libyan Qaeda operative, Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, also known as Abu Anas al-Libi.
Mr. Ruqai, 50, died this month in a New York hospital of complications from liver surgery as he was waiting to stand trial for a role in Qaeda bombings of the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Since ISIS likes to pick fights with its own pals, it may have been targeting them. Or it may have been aiming for the UN. Or random foreign hostages.
The Malta-owned hotel is also where the United Nations support mission in Libya holds its meetings. The mission is currently hosting political talks with rival Libyan groups in Geneva.So that’s going well.
Meanwhile here’s a brief overview of the latest headlines from the Libya Herald, not even counting this attack, to give you a snapshot of how screwed up things are.
United States reiterates it does not recognize GNC and its Tripoli Hassi governmentThis is what happens when a really smart ‘smart power’ guy like Obama practices regime change. He walks away whistling and the media pretends nothing happened.
Hardline Hassi claims US coming to the rescue
Confusion as Audit Bureau reverses its freezing of all government accounts
Abducted Deputy Foreign Minister freed; government probe begins
Tanker crew still held over fuel smuggling claim
Many reported dead in Benghazi as LNA moves to flush out Ansar Al-Sharia
Further clashes in both east and west despite ceasefire
Libyan Ambassador to Egypt insists he is still in post
Civilians involved in Zawia attacks
Health sector legal advisor kidnapped in Tripoli
Tripoli’s Dat Al-Imad office complex received ”serious destruction threat” – LANA
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