Libya Commentary 6: French Mercenaries

While having coffee at the Tibesti Hotel, a security officer working for Al Jazeera warned me with a bit of concern that a French national was just killed by one of the Katibas.

Soon after, a few of us went with a man who works with NTC intelligence to find out what had transpired. The details were very murky, but it appeared that four or five French private security personnel were detained upon suspicion of being Gaddafi agents. One of them tried to flee and was accidentally shot and killed.

A few days later, a French reporter/documentarian arrived in Benghazi to investigate the incident. My close friend worked with him for a week to solve the case, but only more questions were raised.

What is known is that the French security personnel arrived under suspicious circumstances; the leader had been in Tripoli a few times within the last couple of years. Further, their flat was filled with diving equipment, and had several maps of Benghazi on the walls, despite them having arrived only hours earlier. The case was immediately swept under the rug by the NTC and the French government.

Does this mean that they were agents of Gaddafi? At the times, given the information, it seemed quite clear. However, as time passed, it became less and less clear. The security company denies all wrong doing. Perhaps it is worth returning to Benghazi, and opening up this now cold case.

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[WestofTobruk]

honestly, who f'ing knows? The story is really really bizarre. May have been accidental, may no have been.

[stalkingalizee]

Accidentally shot my ass. Doesn't bother me since I hate mercs, even if they are my own country.