The Strange, Unexplained Death Of The Libyan Rebels’ Military Chief -- David Kenner, Foreign Policy
A tumultuous day for the Libyan rebels culminated with the announcement that Gen. Abdel Fateh Younis, the chief of staff of the Libyan Transitional Council's (TNC) armed forces, has been assassinated.
Rumors had been swirling on Thursday, July 28, that Younis -- once a high-ranking military officer and Libya's interior minister -- had been arrested by the rebel leadership for colluding with Muammar al-Qaddafi, and was being held in a military installation in the rebel capital of Benghazi. Mustafa Abdul Jalil, the head of the TNC, told a different story today, saying that he had been called back from Brega for questioning by the rebel leadership but was shot dead, along with two aides, while en route. He said that one of the killers had been captured, but did not explicitly claim that the assassins were pro-Qaddafi infiltrators. Instead, he issued a vague warning about "armed groups" operating in rebel-held cities.
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