Stephen Morgan
Digital Journal
July 31, 2011
Editor’s note: Many members of the February 17 Martyr’s Brigade are former fighters of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group who are linked to al-Qaeda. British Defense Secretary Liam Fox said today that the murder of Younes requires that Islamic “militants” in Libya will have to be “marginalized” when and if Gaddafi is overthrown or killed by NATO. In other words, NATO will intervene in Libya’s civil war and the war on terror against the phantom al-Qaeda will go on forever.
A member of the rebel NTC has announced today that an officer in the security service of the February 17 Martyr’s Brigade confessed to murdering General Younes after taking him from his HQ on the Brega front Thrusday.
The Tripoli Post reports that Mr. Tarhouni for the rebel’s National Transitional Council had said that “The head of the militia is imprisoned now,” but the other assailants were still free and added “that while the motives for the crime remained unclear. We don’t know who they work for.” The officer in charge of the assassins insists he was not the one who gave the order, but it was his subordinates, who actually pulled the trigger. The are still on the run and NTC has said that a hunt is on for them.
Mr. Tarhouni, has reassured everyone that things are under control and that they are just going through a “bad patch.” However, reports from the rebel capital say the mood remains tense, with mistrust and suspicions dominating the atmosphere. Fears abound of possible tribal conflict and militia in-fighting following the assassination of General Younes.
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