People of little faith. Did you think that the LNA forces (Haftar and various sponsors) were not in control of Sirte and it was just a bluff? Here is the ship of the Navy of Tobruk (yes, they have a naval force!) Al-Karama it is moored in its own port in Sirte. And this very vessel tells us an interesting story.
Once upon a time, not even two years ago, an Irish Navy patrol boat launched and entered service in 1979, baptized LÉ Aisling in honor of the poet and patriot of the green island Patrick Pearse. With its 65 meters in length and almost a thousand tons of weight, it had its moment of glory in 1985 when it participated in research following the accident on Air India 182 (over three hundred dead). A year earlier, in 1984, it was ours LÉ Aisling to intercept a shipment of weapons from the United States and directed to the IRA. Irony of fate ...
He retired in 2016, in the short span of a few months in 2017 he was sold in a public auction for 110.000 euros (mark the figure) to the only bidder, a Dutch broker. The Dutch company first put it on sale on a specialized site (v.link) asking for $ 750.000, then sold it after a few months for $ 525.000 (€ 473.000) to another company based in the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, in Ireland, meanwhile, they have found time to be scandalized by the difference in price and the evident bad business ... (v.link), the Emiratis have in turn sold the ship to a company based in Libya for 1,5 million dollars (1,3 million euros), also leaving the Dutch broker with a palm of the nose, it is to be imagined . The Libyans placed artillery pieces on the former patrol and renamed it, in fact, Al-Karama.
While the reader thinks how nice it would be to have a used thirty year old Panda 4x4 in good condition and sell it to the Emirates for 50.000 euros as an amphibious vehicle for the fighters in Libya, Haftar's troops gain ground south of Sirte.
The news of the GNA (Sarraj) counteroffensive came mainly from the statements of Lev Dengov, head of the Russian contact group in Libya, to the Interfax agency. He spoke of Sirte as returned to the Tripolini family and of dozens of LNA casualties. Difesa Online is looking for feedback, while the Italian main-stream media certainly take the role of carter. We'll see…
We will keep you informed in the next few hours. Stay tuned!
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