Evening NEWS DIGEST
31 Oct. 2016: 29 Muharram 1438: Vol: 8, No:24
SIMI activists’ jailbreak:
Encounter contradictions, politics: Indian Express
New Delhi:Questions are
being raised over the killing of 8 SIMI activists in an encounter by security
forces on the outskirts of Bhopal hours after they escaped from the
high-security Central Jail killing a security guard. As the government
congratulated security forces for their successful operation and ordered NIA
probe into the jailbreak, videos purportedly from the encounter site surfaced
showing a policeman pumping bullets into a man from close range after some
unidentified person takes out what appears to be a knife said to be in a
plastic cover and places it back, raising doubts over the police theory which
described the encounter as a raging gun battle, with the SIMI members
instigating the gunfire.Alleging “discrepancies” in the official version on the
escape of SIMI activists from Bhopal jail and their killing in a subsequent
encounter with police, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi demanded an inquiry by
Supreme Court to bring out “all facts”.“There is huge discrepancy in what the
Home Minister and the police officials are saying. The Home Minister of MP says
that these undertrials were armed with spoons. If they were armed with spoons,
the Madhya Pradesh ATS could have easily overpowered them, because ATS has all
sophistacated weapons. They could have easily arrested them.But, people who
have run away from prison after assassinating a guard and they only have
spoons. So, to any normal person, this theory is unbelievable,” he said adding,
“what’s surprising is that these under trial prisoners were wearing proper
clothes, shoes,watches. These are not given to under trial.”Holding that the
statements of the IG and the Home Minister were contradictory, opposition Congress
demanded a judicial probe into the encounter. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath
said, “SIMI activists have escaped from the jail which is a high security
prison, and within few hours they have not only been traced but killed. Now
they can’t be questioned, there is no evidence, their statements cannot be
recorded. I am demanding a judicial probe because even the government must know
under what circumstances they escaped.”Congress leader Digvijay Singh, a former
chief minister of MP, smelt conspiracy and, in a series of tweets, asked
whether the SIMI activist ”escaped” or they were ”made to escape”.Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal also demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the
alleged encounter killing of eight SIMI activists in Bhopal. Activists were
identified as — Amjad, Zakir Hussain Sadiq, Mohammad Salik, Mujeeb Shaikh,
Mehbood Guddu, Mohammad Kalid Ahmed, Aqeel and Majid. Union Home Ministry has
sought a detailed report from the state govt on the jail-break and whether
there was any lapse on the part of the jail administration and the steps taken
to check such incidents. Indian
Express
‘Trial was about to
conclude, everything was turning in their favour’, Advocate questions police
version:southlive
The defense advocate has
questioned the police and government narrative on Bhopal killing of the SIMI
members. Speaking to SouthLive advocate Thahavur Khan said there is conspiracy
behind the killing. The trial was about to finish. “I have visited the jail
several times. It is highly guarded. One cannot escape easily from there "
he said. The trial was going on and there are only 18 to 20 witnesses
remaining. Being their lawyer, I can say that there was no ample evidence
against them, factually or legally. There is no reason for them to break the
jail. The court judgement, which is expected to come out in weeks. The advocate
rubbished the claims about jailbreak asking, why “they do such a thing when
they know that they are going to be acquitted.”He further said that it was
“shocking” for him to hear about the news, who also alleged that there is a
“huge conspiracy” behind it.Those men were saying they have total faith in the
judiciary. It was very shocking for me when I heard about the jailbreak and the
subsequent encounter. I told their family that there is something fishy in this
and there is a lie. There is a huge conspiracy behind it.Even the security is
tight in the jail. I had been there number of times. It is one of the safest
and secure jail in India. These people used to stay in the under trial wards.
There is 7 layer security. The police are talking rubbish things like they crossed
over and killed etc. Why they would such a thing when they know that they are
going to be acquitted, said Advocate Thahavur demanding for a high-level
enquiry into the encounter killing to chuck out the truth.
Loopholes in Bhopal
encounter theory, right activists and opposition demand inquiry: southlive
8 SIMI activists, jailed in
Bhopal shot dead; Police claims they broke jail after killing a guard
Bhopal jailbreak: Digvijaya
Singh smells conspiracy, asks ‘escaped’ or ‘made to escape’
Digvijaya Singh smells rat
in SIMI jail break incident
NIA to probe SIMI
jailbreak: CM Shivraj Chouhan
Bhopal encounter: How SIMI
activists escaped from jail must be probed, says Congress
Video shows SIMI men who
escaped Bhopal prison shot dead, NIA to probe encounter: indiatoday
Owaisi seeks probe into
SIMI activists' jailbreak, gunning down
Kejriwal demands SC
monitored probe into SIMI activists' deaths
New Delhi : Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded an apex court monitored probe into
the killing of eight alleged SIMI activists in a gunfight with police, after
they escaped from Bhopal Central Jail. "We demand an SC monitored
investigation (into the case of killings of SIMI activists)," Kejriwal
tweeted.In response to a scribe's tweet which questioned the state version of
the encounter, saying it was "Gujarat model being truly replicated
elsewhere", Kejriwal said, "It was very serious."IANS
Left corners MP Govt.,
calls SIMI men' killing "dubious, 'manufactured"
New Delhi:Calling the
encounter of the SIMI men as entirely "dubious" and
"manufactured", CPI (Marxist) polit bureau member Brinda Karat on
Monday asked for an independent High Court probe into the matter.Karat also
criticised the ruling establishment for calling the under-trial prisoners as
SIMI terrorists."The entire government version is highly dubious and
suspicious and full of self-contradictory statements and, therefore, to get to
the truth it is essential to have independent probe under the High Court judge
and it should be time bound because nobody could believe of what seems to be an
entirely manufactured version. I also want to say these are under trial
prisoners and to call them SIMI terrorists is to subvert the law of this
land," she told ANI.Raising similar questions, CPI leader D. Raja also
asked for judicial probe into the matter and urged the Centre to ask for a
detailed report from the Madhya Pradesh Government."It raises several
questions. First, how such a breach could take place in a high security prison
in Bhopal. It raises questions on the jail administration. Afterwards they were
gunned down, how did the encounter take place, did they posses any arms, these
all are serious questions which need to be answered. There should be a
high-level judicial probe to go into all these questions. The Centre should question
Madhya Pradesh. Whatever the state government has done so far, it is inadequate
considering the gravity of the issue," Raja told ANI.ANI
CPI-M demands judicial
probe into killing of SIMI activists
Bhopal Encounter: Video
Raises Questions on MP Police Claim of Gun Battle With SIMI Operatives
SIMI encounter: Did MP
police kill 8 undertrials armed with just utensils?
SIMI ‘Encounter’: 11
Questions That Were Raised but Not Answered
Video of encounter between
police and SIMI men who escaped prison
More Video Emerges: SIMI
Men Seen Alive Before Bhopal ‘Encounter’
OTHERS
JNU students call for
'stronger action' to find Najeeb
New Delh : JNUSU organised
a sit-in at the varsity's Administration Block on Diwali night to make a plea
for stronger action in finding Najeeb Ahmed, who is missing now for the last 16
days.The sit-in -- light a ray of hope for Najeeb -- saw close to 300 students
from across the campus on Sunday, who turned up to express their solidarity
with Ahmed and his grieving family.Najeeb Ahmed, a university student of
Mahi-Mandvi hostel in campus went missing on the intervening night of Oct.14-15
after being beaten by a 20-strong mob of students who had gone campaigning to
his door for hostel elections."No violence will be tolerated in the
campus, and against any student," JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA)
Secretary, Vikramaditya Chaudhary said during the sit-in.The sit-in remained
peaceful and was an attempt towards reminding people of Ahmed and the apathy of
JNU administration and the police in their willingness to find him."It has
been so many days but my brother has not been found, what is the police doing,
what is the JNU authority doing," Sadaf Musharraf, Ahmed's cousin said at
the protest."Tomorrow, (on Monday) we will again be protesting at the
Ad-Block. We won't relent until Najeeb is found," he added.IANS
Santosh Kumar Agrahari
arrested with bag full of explosives found inside Allahabad HC
Allahabad: A plastic bag
full of explosives was found inside the high-security Allahabad High Court
premises, sending authorities into a tizzy, even as police claimed to have
arrested a man who had allegedly kept the packet at the spot and later raised
an alarm with the hope of getting rewarded with a permanent job for his
“alertness”. Addressing a press conference this evening, Senior Superintendent
of Police, Allahabad, Shalabh Mathur said Santosh Kumar Agrahari (38), who had
been running errands at the High Court on an ad hoc basis for over a decade,
was arrested based on of CCTV footage of last night wherein his movements
appeared to be “furtive and suspicious”.“We therefore took Agrahari into
custody for interrogation though he happened to be the one who had raised an
alarm about the plastic bag lying inside a court room. He confessed that he had
himself prepared the packet, kept it at the spot and later raised an alarm with
the hope that he would be appreciated for his alertness and rewarded with a
permanent job at the high court,” Mathur said. Meanwhile, Agrahari has been arrested and booked under the Explosives
Act, the SSP added. siasat
Kejriwal alleges Judges’
phones are tapped
New Delhi: Delhi
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that Judges’ phones were being
tapped, a claim which was rubbished by the central government. Kejriwal made
his remarks at an event to mark 50 years of Delhi High Court where ministers
from both Central and state government were present.“I heard that judges’
phones are being tapped and they are afraid to talk. This is wrong and must not
be allowed,” said Kejriwal at the event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also
present at the event.This comes days after Chief Justice TS Thakur slammed the
government over delay in procedure of appointment. Indian express
Cloud over Muslim Personal
Law Board's meet venues in Bengal: TOI
Kolkata: Even as Muslim
clerics and leaders in Bengal converge on Haj House at 26B, Dilkusha Street on
Monday to firm up the All India Muslim Personal Law Board's proposed Kolkata
convention in November, the state's silence over allowing it to use the Haj
Tower-cum-Empowerment Centre on the VIP Road and the Park Circus grounds for
the 3-day (Nov.18, 19 and 20) convention has created an air of uncertainty.This
will be the AIMPLB's second convention in Bengal after 2008 and it will be held
in the backdrop of the board's vocal opposition to the Law Commission's
questionnaire on Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed, who is the
chairperson of the organizing committee, had reportedly written to the state
earlier seeking permission to use the two venues. While the meeting at Haj
Tower will be an in-house session, the gathering at Park Circus will be an open
public meeting. Nearly 700 delegates from across the country are expected to
attend the Kolkata convention. "AIMPLB is an umbrella organization which
has representatives from all Muslim sects, theological schools and religious
orders. The body, however, is the highest decision-making body on Muslim
personal laws. The annual session in Kolkata will deliberate on the key issues
and formulate the roadmap ahead. It will, therefore, debate on all issues which
are confronting the minority community as a whole," an AIMPLB member and a
senior leader said. Ahmed refused to comment on the developments."Barely 3
weeks remain for the session. This is going to be the first AIMPLB general
session in the aftermath of UCC and triple talaq debate. A word of confirmation
from the state would have made us comfortable. We plan to go ahead with the
preparations and hope the state will allow us to use the venues in due
time," a leader said.The entire organising committee will be gathering for
the first time on Monday. "The delay is causing some unease. This is a
prestigious meeting. Moreover, several ruling party members and MPs and cabinet
ministers are also part of it," another leader said.Kolkata convention is
expected to formulate the AIMPLB's response to a host of issues, including the
Dadri killing, repeated attempts to interfere in Muslim personal laws and the
Centre's take on triple talaq."AIMPLB usually sticks to only Muslim
personal laws, which broadly cover marriage, talaq, inheritance, succession and
adoption-related issues. Only in some rare instances in which the community, as
a whole, is affected it speaks out on broader issues as well, like the Babri
Masjid massacre. Here, too, the script is likely to step beyond the written
agenda given the concerted efforts to undermine religious tolerance," said
AIMPLB member Dr Ruisuddin.TIMES OF INDIA
West Bengal: 10,000 Muslim
clerics to hit the streets against Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata: Over 10,000 Muslim
clerics are expected to hit the streets on Nov.8 in protest against
‘unfulfilled promises’ of CM Mamata Banerjee.“CM had started giving an
honorarium to imams and moizzins of Rs 2,500 and Rs 1,000 respectively. We
believe that the amount, which was already too small, had no appreciation in
over 5 years now,” Md Kamruzzaman, general secretary of the All Bengal Minority
Youth Federation (ABMYF), said. “There are instances when funds have stopped
for 6 months and then resumed on the seventh month. No one seems to know what
happened to that money,”he added.Members of around 40 organisations of imams
and moizzins are likely to participate in the meeting organised by the ABMYF at
Rani Rashmoni Avenue. indian express
Post surgical strikes, 8
Indian jawans killed in J&K
New Delhi: There have been
more that 60 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC and IB in
the state over the past few weeks. The cross-border conflict has heightened
after terrorists attacked the Uri camp in Jammu and Kashmir following which
India conducted the surgical strikes on Sept.29 destroying terror launchpads
along the LoC. Last week, the BSF said
it killed 15 Pakistani soldiers over a week foiling two infiltration bids in
Samba district. However, the Pakistan Army denied the claims saying none of its
soldiers had died at the border. indianexpress
Fearing arrest, Zakir Naik
skips father’s funeral in Mumbai:TOI report
MUMBAI: Dr Zakir Naik's
father, Dr Abdul Kareem Naik (88), passed away in a city hospital early on
Sunday. Naik, who is said to be in Malaysia, did not turn up for the funeral
fearing arrest, said sources.Naik's father was president of the Bombay
Psychiatric Society. While there is no fresh FIR against Naik, the Centre is
preparing to declare his NGO IRF an "unlawful organization" under
UAPA.A draft being finalized by Centre cites Naik's "provocative"
speeches, criminal cases against him and his links with Peace TV which
allegedly features "communal" content as grounds for a ban. Personnel
from the city crime branch, NIA and local police station were seen at the
cemetery observing mourners. A policeman told TOI, "We have come here for
routine information and will report back to our respective offices." Dr
Abdul Kareem is survived by 2 sons,Mohammed and Zakir and 3 daughters."Dr
Abdul Kareem Naik's life cannot be described in a few words. He was popular
among Hindus and Muslims. He was President of Bombay Psychiatric Society. He
worked hard for educational institutions like Anjuman-e-Islam and
Anjuman-e-Khairul Islam. In the last couple of days, he suffered from low blood
pressure and organ failure," said Manzoor Shaikh, administrative manager
of IRF.TOI
Nawaz Sharif pursuing Modi’s
interests in Pakistan: Imran Khan
Islamabad:Imran Khan on
Sunday accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of pursuing his Indian counterpart
Narendra Modi’s interests in Pakistan as the government cracked down on the
cricketer-turned-politician’s supporters with police arresting over 100 of
them.“When Nawaz Sharif went to London for whatever kind of surgery, he on the
hospital bed first telephoned Modi instead of his mother or children,” Imran
told a press conference outside his Bani Gala residence here, referring to
Sharif’s open heart surgery at a London hospital in May. “Nawaz is following
Modi’s ‘interests’ in Pakistan. Nawaz is behind the security leaks story which
defamed the armed forces. Actually his and Modi’s agenda is same,” the Pakistan
Tahreek-i-Insaf Chairman said.Imran asserted that “everybody knows” that sacked
Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid cannot leak sensitive information to the
media on his own. Sharif on Saturday sacked Rashid over the recent “leaked”
media report about a rift between the civilian and military leaderships on
support to militancy.“Rashid is a darbari (courtier) and he did what Nawaz told
him to do so,” Imran said.“The whole state machinery is being used to save a
corrupt Prime Minister. I will not accept a ‘suspect’ as Prime Minister of
Pakistan. As long as I am alive I will not go after Nawaz Sharif’s corruption,”
the 64-year-old leader said.PTI
Hillary Clinton best bet
for Indian-Americans: Frank Islam
Washington:Hillary Clinton
is the best bet for the Indian community in the US, India-born American
entrepreneur Frank Islam said on Sunday, asserting that the recent outreach by
her Republican rival Donald Trump will do very little to impress the
influential Indian-Americans. "I believe she (Clinton) is the only safe
bet for Indian Americans, Americans and the world. Her opponent is a risky bet
in that he has no real track record of experience or expertise in public
policy, government and international relations," Islam, a philanthropist
and top Indian-American fund raiser for the Clinton Campaign, told PTI.Among
one of the top bundler's for Clinton, Islam said a number of Indian-Americans
are playing key roles in her campaign in different capacities."Many of us
are raising money for the campaign. I believe nearly a dozen Indian-Americans
have raised significant dollars for the secretary's historic campaign,"
said Islam, who is also a member of Clinton's finance committee and has himself
donated one million dollars to the campaign.He is also participating on a South
Asian work group and is providing input to the campaign on issues and areas such
as small business and economic development where he has experience and
expertise.PTI
World
UNICEF: Two billion
children breathing toxic air
As Indians awake to
smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, Delhi's worst season
for air pollution begins - with dire consequences.A new report from the UN
children's agency, UNICEF, says about a third of the two billion children in
the world who are breathing toxic air live in northern India and neighbouring
countries, risking serious health effects including damage to their lungs,
brain and other organs.Of that global total, 300 million children are exposed
to pollution levels more than six times higher than standards set by the World
Health Organization, including 220 million in South Asia.The alarming numbers
are hardly a surprise. Delhi's air pollution, among the world's worst, surges
each winter because of the season's weak winds and countless rubbish fires set
alight to help people stay warm.Even days before the city erupted in annual
firework celebrations for the Hindu holiday of Diwali, recorded levels of tiny,
lung-clogging particulate matter known as PM2.5 were considered dangerous at
well above 300 micrograms per cubic metre.On Monday, Delhi residents were
advised to stay indoors, with health warnings issued for the young, elderly and
those with respiratory or heart conditions. Since being identified as one of
the world's most polluted cities, Delhi has tried to clean its air in recent
years.
Central African Republic:
20,000 stranded at UN base
Renewed deadly violence in
the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 20,000 people to flee
to a UN base to seek safety and shelter.Tensions in the town of Kaga Bandero,
in northern CAR, have also risen to such an extent that humanitarian workers
have suspended relief efforts in the area, leaving thousands
vulnerable."The prevaling insecurity makes the work of humanitarian
partners more difficult in terms of access to the vulnerable population as it
narrows down humanitarian space," Yaye Nabo Sene, spokesperson at the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the capital Bangui, told
Al Jazeera on Sunday.The withdrawal of the World Food Programme because of
security concerns will impact about 120,000 people dependent on food supplies,
and 35,000 others living precariously in surrounding camps for internally
displaced people (IDPs). aljazeera
Michel Aoun elected
president of Lebanon
Michel Aoun, the former
Lebanese army chief, has been elected president of Lebanon, ending more than
two years of deadlock surrounding the vacancy.Aoun, 81, secured the presidency
by winning the support of 83 MPs, well above the absolute majority of 65 needed
to win, according to a tally of votes read out in a televised broadcast from
parliament on Monday.Fireworks echoed across Beirut as the tally showed Aoun
the winner.Aoun, an MP, was shown smiling in his seat. The Lebanese presidency
is reserved for a Maronite Christian in the country's sectarian power-sharing
system. aljazeera
Syria: Dozens dead as
rebels try to break Aleppo siege
Syrian government troops
and rebels were locked in fierce fighting on Sunday on Aleppo's western edges,
where at least 41 civilians have been killed over the past three days.The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the death
toll included at least 17 children, adding hundreds of mortars had been
fired.The northern city of Aleppo's frontline runs through the heart of the
ancient city, dividing rebels in the east from government forces in the
west.Rebels, in an opposition offensive to break a devastating siege, have
unleashed car bombs and salvos of rockets and mortar shells to break through
government lines. aljazeera
Iran-Trained Militias Join
US-Backed Campaign on Mosul:Reuters
Ain Nasir, Iraq: Gun trucks
and humvees streamed north on a highway heading to Mosul on Sunday flying the
banners of Shi’ite militias along with Iraqi flags while blaring religious
songs. The convoys were the first clear sign of a new player on the battlefield
in the US-backed offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS: Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilisation
Forces (PMF), a coalition of Shi’ite militias.Although it reports officially to
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the coalition is mostly made up of groups
trained by Iran and loyal to its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.They
have close ties with General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Brigade,extra-territorial
arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He was seen touring the frontlines around
Mosul last week.Among the banners that could be seen flying from artillery
cannons, communication towers and buildings recently retaken from ISIS were
those of Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq, 2 of the main Iranian-backed
groups, alongside the Badr Organisation, considered the largest.Though Sunday
was only the second day that the PMF had officially joined the battle against
ISIS, banners and slogans of the organisation made it clear that theirs is a
pan-Shi’ite cause that may not end at Iraq’s borders.Tens of thousands of Iraqi
Shi’ite militia fighters have crossed the border to fight on behalf of the
government of President Bashar al-Assad with backing from Iran, but the PMF is
not officially involved in the fighting there.This could change after Mosul.
Shi’ite paramilitary coalition said it plans to fight then alongside Assad’s
forces.“We are fully ready to go to any place that contains a threat to Iraqi
national security,” Ahmed al-Asadi, a PMF spokesman, told a news conference in
Baghdad on Saturday, mentioning Syria as the main “arena” for the fighting.
2,000 Palestinians affected
by Israeli demolitions in Jordan Valley: middleeastmonitor
Some 2,000 Palestinians in
the Jordan Valley have been affected by Israeli demolitions since the start of
the year, according to United Nations figures.Reporting on the data, Israeli
newspaper Haaretz said the number is “particularly high” because Israeli
occupation forces have targeted “water networks to several communities in the
valley.”In 2016 to date, up to October 9, the Israeli army and so-called Civil
Administration officials – the body which manages the day-to-day affairs of the
occupation – have conducted “35 destructive raids in the Jordan
Valley.”Palestinian homes and other structures are routinely demolished for
lacking a permit – which for residents of ‘Area C’ (60% of the West Bank) are
impossible to obtain. During the 35 raids, Israeli forces even “confiscated or
destroyed 19 toilet structures.”
Israel tries to block PA
bid to join Interpol
The Israeli authorities are
preparing to start a campaign to convince International Criminal Police
Organisation, Interpol, to reject the membership application from the
Palestinian Authority, Quds Press reported on Sunday.Using its diplomatic
representation overseas, the foreign ministry is trying to explain Israel’s
stance on the PA’s bid to join the organisation. According to the Walla
website, the move to join Interpol is part of PA’s strategy to join
international organisations. After the UN, Interpol is largest of such
bodies.When the application was submitted a very short time before the last
annual meeting of Interpol members, it was rejected. Earlier this year, the PA
renewed its request to join the organisation, but the executive committee
decided in May not to vote on any new applications. middleeastmonitor
Historic Christian site
opened for the first time in centuries
The historic site where
Christians believe the body of Jesus was laid after the crucifixion has been
opened for the first time since the 15th century, Moheet.com reported on
Sunday. The tomb is located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the occupied
Old City of Jerusalem. The marble slab on the tomb was moved for the first time
since 1810, when it was placed there after renovation works were carried out in
the wake of a fire.“The marble covering of the tomb has been pulled back, and
we were surprised by the amount of fill material beneath it,” said Fredrik
Hiebert, an archaeologist for the National Geographic Society, which is a
partner in the restoration project. “It will be a long scientific analysis, but
we will finally be able to see the original rock surface on which, according to
[Christian] tradition, the body of Christ was laid.” middleeastmonitor
Bodies found in Benghazi
suggest mass execution
Reports of a mass execution
are circulating in Benghazi after police found the bodies of ten men who had
been handcuffed and shot. The corpses were taken to Benghazi Medical Centre;
only one of the victims has been identified so far.This is the second time that
a mass killing in the Libyan city has been reported. In July, 14 bodies were
recovered from a rubbish dump; their arms and legs had been tied together and there
were signs of torture; all had been shot in the head. This followed the
discovery of the bodies of at least 12 former Qaddafi-era soldiers across Libya
in June. The men had all just been released from prison. middleeastmonitor
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