Documentation for Tripoli Military Council
Feb. 14, 2012
Human Rights Watch
The brigade transferred Dorda out of Matiga Hospital on January 24, Dorda’s family and hospital officials told Human Rights Watch, apparently to the custody of the Tripoli Military Council. (…) The Tripoli Military Council says it reports to the Defense Ministry and has responsibility for security in the capital. It has no authority in law for criminal arrest, detention, or prosecution.
Dec. 19, 2014
Report „Libya: Militias, Tribes and Islamists“
The Tripoli Military Council (TMC) is comprised of former members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG). The council has been criticized for receiving support from Qatar which also attributed to its low popularity. The council’s former leader Abdalhakim Bilhajj, with roots in Tripoli, was also a former combatant in Afghanistan. Bilhajj left the council to run for office for his party, Hizb al-Watan, during the elections of 2012 but was not successful. The council did dissolve for some time and many of its former fighters were consolidated within the SSC which aligned with the Tripoli Local Council (TLC). However, it reemerged again following the attack on the GNC by protestors in March 2014, when the president of the congress, Abu Samhayn, ordered the TMCs commander, Isa Badir, to secure the capital from ‘illegitimate’ armed groups. The TMC is currently led by Sadat Badri, who has since been pushing for the Tripoliization of the capital’s security forces. However, Badri’s affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood makes him unpopular with the population in the capital. 48
Link:
http://www.landinfo.no/asset/3025/1/3025_1.pdf p.13
Side Sources:
48. Pack, J., Mezran, K. & Eljarh, M., The Faustian Bargains: Breaking the Appeasement Cycle, Atlantic Council/Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, May 2014, p. 29.
