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Car bomb kills Haftar intelligence chief in eastern Libya
The head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army (LNA), Fawzi al-Mansouri, was killed in a car bombing in Benghazi on Monday night, the LNA said on Tuesday. The explosive device…
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The head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army (LNA), Fawzi al-Mansouri, was killed in a car bombing in Benghazi on Monday night, the LNA said on Tuesday. The explosive device attached to his car detonated as he left a mosque. The Hindu reports that al-Mansouri was a close Haftar family ally and had led campaigns against jihadist groups and the 2019 Tripoli offensive.
Libya remains split between a UN-recognised government in Tripoli and a rival administration in Benghazi backed by LNA chief Khalifa Haftar. The assassination is a blow to stability claims in LNA-held areas. A Washington-mediated plan to unify the country's executive powers, which the LNA has publicly backed, now faces fresh uncertainty.
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This attack punctures the narrative that Haftar's fiefdom is stable and secure. The LNA's portrayal of al-Mansouri as a 'heroic martyr' cannot hide the fact that a sophisticated bombing in their stronghold exposes serious security gaps. The US unification plan was already fragile; now neither side may trust the other. Watch whether the LNA retaliates within Benghazi or blames external actors, an indicator of whether a new power struggle is imminent.
Source: thehindu.com
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