Ex-Tripoli police chief blames government for capital's security vacuum
Nov 10 Nigel Ash

Ex-Tripoli police chief blames government for capital's security vacuum

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 10 November 2013:Tripoli’s former police chief, who once had to go out and buy bullets for his force’s weapons - on the black ma...

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Tripoli's police must buy their bullets on the black market
Sep 1 Nigel Ash

Tripoli's police must buy their bullets on the black market

By Umar Khan.Col Mahmoud Sharif, Tripoli's police chief: "The government does not support us"Tripoli, 1 September 2013:Tripoli police are so short of...

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Mar 14 Michel Cousins

Alcohol poisoning toll continues to rise: 82 deaths so far

By Ashraf  Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 14 March 2103:The number of dead in the alcohol poisoning disaster in Tripoli has risen to 82 today, Thursday, accordi...

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Mar 13 Michel Cousins

Alcohol poisoning scandal shows no let-up

Tripoli, 13 March 2103:There is confusion about the number of victims in the poison alcohol scandal in Tripoli. According to a spokesman from the Heat...

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Mar 12 Michel Cousins

Alcohol poison death toll now at 79

Tuesday, March 12, 2013:Seventy-nine people have now died in Tripoli from drinking contaminated alcohol according to Colonel Mahmoud Sharif, Director...

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Jan 31 Michel Cousins

Vehicles without number plates “to be confiscated”

Tripoli, 31 January 2013:The head of police in Tripoli has announced that as of Saturday, any vehicle without number plates or having invalid foreign...

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Jan 21 Michel Cousins

Militias told to quit Tripoli

Tripoli, 21 January 2013:A series of meetings were held on Saturday and Sunday involving the leaders of the capital’s military councils as well as bat...

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Armed gang arrested in Tripoli raid
Jun 25 George Grant

Armed gang arrested in Tripoli raid

Tripoli, 25 June:The police recovered a quantity of illegal drugs during the raidAn armed gang was arrested in Tripoli yesterday by police working tog...

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