BENGHAZI: Libya has expelled more than 900 soldiers from its fledgling army for having fought for now slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi during the 2011 uprising, a military spokesman said yesterday.
A total of 915 personnel of all ranks have been stripped of their uniform by the Commission for the Integrity and Reform of the Armed Forces, general staff spokesman Ali Al Sheikhi said.
He said all of those drummed out were veterans wounded in action and whose injuries had been recognised by Gaddafi’s defence ministry.
The presence of Gaddafi loyalists in the ranks of the new army has been cited as a pretext for not joining by former rebel militias that hold sway over parts of the country.
AFP
