Ansar al-Sharia in Benghazi Twitter Account Description

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“The goals of Ansar al-Sharia brigade is to implement the laws of Allah on the land, and reject the human implemented laws and earthly made constitutions. There will be nothing ruling in this country other than the laws of Allah.”Tim Lister and Paul Cruickshank, “What Is Ansar Al Sharia, and Was It behind the Consulate Attack in Benghazi?” CNN, November 16, 2012, http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/16/politics/benghazi-ansar-al-sharia/.

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Ansar al-Sharia in Libya (ASL)

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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