Warplanes from the military of the eastern (Tobruk-based) Libyan government (the one recognized by most of the international community) attacked the oil tanker Anwaar Afriqya today off the coast of Sirte, claiming it was full of “mercenaries, weapons, and ammunition” for ISIS.
They provided no evidence of this claim, beyond the fact that ISIS controls much of Sirte. Officials with the western (Tripoli-based) Libyan government contested the story, saying the tanker was full of fuel being delivered to a power plant under their control, and was attacked while trying to unload the fuel.
The evidence appears to support the Tripoli version’s story, as the Anwaar Afriqya had recently been in Agioi Theodoroi, a Peloponnesian port near a major oil refinery in Greece.
Though Tobruk officials claimed Anwaar Afriqya was flying under no country’s flag at the time of the attack, the vessel is registered to Libya, which needless to say is a confusing place to be registered from these days.
The international media has been more than willing to present the lies of the so called " Libyan government (the one recognized by most of the international community) as factual news without any attempt to find the truth.It has so always represented that side of the news and totally ignored the other side.
The so called ISIS in Sirte is actually former Gaddafi loyalists who are in cahoots with Hafter forces.
See http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-ea….
To this day the so called internationally recognized government,which controls less than 10% of the country,has not attacked any of the positions that so called ISIS holds?But instead, it have attacked the forces that are actually and factually fighting ISIS.
The ship was in fact delivering fuels to the power station that supplies much needed electricity to many parts of western Libya.
The tanker is a Libyan owned and operated vessel belonging to the Libyan National sea transport company. This is not the first time that they attacked ships. Few months ago they bombed a Greek vessel, and recently a Turkish ship in international waters.
"…claiming it was full of “mercenaries, weapons, and ammunition” for ISIS…"
and the evidence is……………….not provided. seems they've learned from the
best. put out a press release "….drone strike in xxxxistan kills 5 militants….",
trained monkeys print without questioning.