May 23, 2013
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Abdelhakim Belhadj (Arabic: عبد الحكيم بالحاج , nom de guerre Abu Abdallah Assadaq) is a Libyan commander of anti-Gaddafi forces in the civil war that started in 2011. He is a known Islamist fighter and is a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan war. He was appointed commander of the Tripoli Military Council after the rebels took over Tripoli during Operation Mermaid Dawn in late August 2011.
(via Freebase)
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![Discontent brews in eastern Libya as elections near [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6565000/6565511/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=06791945449c404d40ea58211e5a6e5c "Protesters set fire to piles of voting materials after storming the office of the national election commission in Benghazi July 1, 2012: REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori")
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