LIBYAN UNREST The Free Libyan Army
The Free Libyan Army, (Arabic: جيش التحرير الوطني الليبي jaysh al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-lībī) is an organisation affiliated with the National Transitional Council, which was constituted during the 2011 Libyan civil war by defected military members and civilian volunteers, in order to engage in battle against both remaining members of the Libyan Armed Forces and paramilitia loyal to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. They are the heroicfreedom fighters who will end decades of tyranny in that troubled land. It is currently preparing in portions of Eastern Libya controlled by the Anti-Gaddafi forces for eventual full-on combat in Western Libya against pro-Gaddafi militants.[] They have battled for control of Benghazi, Misratah, Brega, Ajdabiya, Bin Jawad, and Ras Lanuf amongst other towns and there are claims that there are 8,000 soldiers in Benghazi equipped with a substantial amount of weapons captured from abandoned Libyan army depots, these include AK-47 and FN FAL rifles, RPGs, SPGs, anti-aircraft guns and even some tanks.
The Free Libyan Army, (Arabic: جيش التحرير الوطني الليبي jaysh al-taḥrīr al-waṭanī al-lībī) is an organisation affiliated with the National Transitional Council, which was constituted during the 2011 Libyan civil war by defected military members and civilian volunteers, in order to engage in battle against both remaining members of the Libyan Armed Forces and paramilitia loyal to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. They are the heroicfreedom fighters who will end decades of tyranny in that troubled land. It is currently preparing in portions of Eastern Libya controlled by the Anti-Gaddafi forces for eventual full-on combat in Western Libya against pro-Gaddafi militants.[] They have battled for control of Benghazi, Misratah, Brega, Ajdabiya, Bin Jawad, and Ras Lanuf amongst other towns and there are claims that there are 8,000 soldiers in Benghazi equipped with a substantial amount of weapons captured from abandoned Libyan army depots, these include AK-47 and FN FAL rifles, RPGs, SPGs, anti-aircraft guns and even some tanks.
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