Abu Bakr Yunis Jaber

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Abu Bakr Yunis Jaber

Abu Bakr Yunis Jaber ( Arabic أبو بكر يونس جابر, DMG Abū Bakr Yūnis Ǧābir ; * 1952 in the oasis of Jalu , al-Wahat ; † October 20, 2011 in Sirte ) was a Libyan brigadier general , according to the EU with the rank of major general .

Life

Jaber attended the Benghazi Military Academy and was there in the same class as Muammar al-Gaddafi . Like him, he was a member of the League of Freelance Officers , which overthrew then King Idris in 1969 .

He was the army chief of the armed forces of Libya until the civil war in Libya in 2011 . According to reports, he was placed under house arrest by Gaddafi on February 21, 2011 for sympathy with the demonstrators - in some cases expressly citing Libyan government circles.

Yunis Jaber was affected by the EU sanctions against Libya since February 28, 2011 . The reason given by the European Union was “overall responsibility for the actions of the armed forces”.

He was killed together with Gaddafi during an attempted escape after two months of siege on October 20, 2011 in the final battle for Sirte during the capture.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christoph Ehrhardt and Thomas Gutschker: Loyal to the tribe, not to the regime. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 23, 2011, accessed February 24, 2011 .
  2. Air strikes on the oil loading terminal. In: derStandard.at. March 9, 2011, accessed March 12, 2011 .
  3. Implementing decision 2011/156 / CFSP of the Council of 10 March 2011 on the implementation of decision 2011/137 / CFSP on restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L 64, 2011, pp. 29-30.
  4. Decision 2011/137 / CFSP of the Council of February 28, 2011 on restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L 58, 2011, pp. 53-62.
  5. Profile of Interpol
  6. ^ Qadhafi and Abu Bakr Younis Killed in Last Battle in Sirte. In: Al Jazeera of October 20, 2011. Last accessed on October 23, 2011.