These guys claim to be mad at the those sitting in power because they feel they haven’t done anything to stop the Islamist militias that have run rampant over the area since we took out Qaddafi.
Via Breitbart:
Rebel forces led by General Khalifa Hafter attacked the Libyan parliament building in the capital city of Tripoli on May 18th, according to a Reuters interview of the general’s spokesman.
Residents confirmed heavy gunfire from anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades near the building. General Hafter was exiled by former Libyan dictator Gaddafi but returned in 2011, supposedly as “The CIA’s Man in Libya,” to become one of the top three rebel leaders during the Libyan Civil War. General Hafter’s attack on the parliament building appears to be in opposition to the election of Islamist Prime Minister Ahmad Mitig, who was backed by the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm.
General Haftar’s spokesman said his forces had carried out the assault as part of his campaign to rid Libya of Islamist militants. “These are members of the Libyan National Army,” Mohamed al-Hejazi, spokesman for the group, said, using the name of the forces loyal to Haftar. The local television station al-Nabaa reported that fighting had also erupted in the southern half of Tripoli.
According to Stratfor Global Intelligence, earlier clashes began in Benghazi, Libya on May 16th left at least 70 dead. The fighting destroyed the May 12th agreement between the Libyan state-owned National Oil Corp. and various tribal and militia authorities to resume 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil production and work towards ramping up production to 500,000 bpd in western Libya.