Saif al-Islam Qaddhafi has been released from prison

[AnchorClanker]

Just hearing this on the BBC - after six years of being held by the Zintani militia (aligned with the LNA / Haftar, for you Libya-watchers), it is being reported that he has been released and is now in the city of al-Bayda (in the east, near Benghazi) - probably released to Haftar and his guys for reasons that might be obvious (or not) - Haftar has taken up the mantle of "anti-Islamist" of any stripe (ISIS-L, AQ, etc) and is likely trying to shore up support for his bid for power (or, Chief of the Army, at the very least) from the GNA.

It's been noted that many of the ISIS and AQ bubbas were previous supporters of the Q-regime back in the day, and that joining the Islamists was a bid to strike at the anti-Q coalition... which has since fractured since 2011 in any case.

If you guys thought Iraq was complicated, hang on to your hats - Libyan politics yields to NOBODY in the Middle East / North Africa region for sheer number of factions, tribes, complicated histories, messy inter-personal politics, foreign actors, you name it.

Keeping my eyes and ears open of this matter - should prove to be most interesting.

[The Brain]

No way!

[AnchorClanker]

No way!

Which part?

[The Brain]

No way!

Which part?

The some guy in a messy country in Africa having been released.

[AnchorClanker]

No way!

Which part?

The some guy in a messy country in Africa having been released.

He was being held by other 'Africans' 

[Eddie Teach]

Any relation to Muammar?

[AnchorClanker]

Any relation to Muammar?

2nd son (1st by his 2nd wife) and the 'dauphin' for many years before 2011.  He was rolled out as 'proof' that the regime was slowly modernizing and all that.  Instead of being killed in 2011, he was captured and held until just now.

[The Brain]

Well even they must come up for air regularly.

[Eddie Teach]

Well even they must come up for air regularly.

This is a truly awful pun. Hats off to you. 

[Maladict]