Usama al-Juwaili

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Usama al-Juwaili (left) with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Tripoli

Usama al-Juwaili ( Arabic أسامة الجويلي, DMG Usāma al-Ǧuwailī ; * 1961 in Sintan ) is a Libyan politician and warlord . From November 22, 2011 to September 12, 2012, he was his country's defense minister in the cabinet of Abdel Rahim el-Kib .

Career

During the civil war in Libya , al-Juwaili led the Sintan-based unit of the Libyan National Liberation Army , which arrested Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi , the son of Muammar al-Gaddafi , on November 19, 2011 . In the civil war in Libya that began in 2014 , he was considered an important ally of Khalifa Haftar from 2014 to 2017 , before he switched sides in November 2017 and allied himself with Fayiz al-Sarradsch .

Time as Minister of Defense

On December 8, 2011, he said he wanted the militias, including the men from his hometown of Sintan, to stay on the streets until there was a trustworthy police force. Al-Juwaili is working with Interior Minister Fausi Abdelali to integrate representatives of the Liberation Army militias into the regular armed forces , the police and other institutions of the new government (as of early 2012). On December 20, he said it would take about a month and a half for rival militias to leave Tripoli. At the latest by the elections to the constituent assembly announced for June 2012, the militias would no longer be a problem.

Al-Juwaili is considered an opponent of Abd al-Hakim Balhaj , the commander of the Tripoli Military Council. The former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was arrested and briefly detained by the Sintan Brigade at the airport in Tripoli a few days after al-Juwaili was appointed defense minister.

By February 18, 2012, around 200,000 revolutionaries had registered with the Warriors Committee set up by al-Juwaili . The fact that many members of Gaddafi units were among them caused dissatisfaction; an attempt to reconcile the country. A commander of a militia operating in Tripoli from Misrata spoke out in favor of only accepting fighters against Gaddafi in the new army. On September 12, 2012, the National Transitional Council was replaced by the elected government.

Warlord time

From 2012 to 2014, the Zintan Brigades he commanded controlled Tripoli International Airport . From there they attacked the General National Congress in May 2014 , triggering the 2nd civil war. In August 2014 his armed forces were driven out of Tripoli and withdrew to az-Zintan .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Torture allegations against Libyan security forces. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 26, 2012, accessed January 27, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Gaddafi son capturer Osama al-Juwali appointed Libya Defense Minister. In: panarmenian.net. November 22, 2011, accessed January 27, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Libya militias given deadline to disarm and leave Tripoli in the Los Angeles Times on December 8 2011th
  4. ↑ Libya to include rebels in military from January Reuters on December 26, 2011
  5. ^ Libya defense chief warns it will take weeks to disarm militias Reuters on December 19, 2011, printed in The Daily Star on December 20, 2011.
  6. ^ Hot Issue - The Zintan Militia and the Fragmented Libyan State Jamestown Foundation on January 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ Katerina Nikolas: Libya's Zintan militia briefly detain Abdel Hakim Belhadj in DigitalJournal.com on November 25, 2011.
  8. ^ Libya 1 year later: militias rule AP article on CBS News on February 17, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Juwaili, Usama al-
ALTERNATIVE NAMES أسامة الجويلي (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Libyan politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Sintan