13 February 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
The Libyan government thwarted an attempt by former military leaders
and politicians to overthrow the National Congress and form a military
junta to rule the country, Libya's Defence Minister Abdullah Al-Thani
said on Wednesday.
Al-Thani told Libya's Al-Ahrar channel: "The Supreme Commander
of the Armed Forces, Nuri Abu- Sahmin, ordered the officers and
politicians who orchestrated the coup to be arrested. The rebels are
still being pursued by the army which was able to thwart the coup before
it began."
A member of the Libyan Committee for National Security Conference, MP
Abdul Rahman Aldeebani said earlier that: "The National Congress
presidency received information from military intelligence indicating
that some military officers and politicians were planning to release a
public statement calling for the formation of a military junta to rule
the country and overthrow the parliament and the government."
Informed sources said intelligence service reports to the General
National Congress presidency called for the plenary session, which was
scheduled on Tuesday morning, to be cancelled. It also called for
caution of any suspicious movements near the parliament headquarters and
palace complex in the capital Tripoli.
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