Libyan National Army forces leader Khalid Haftar survived a suicide bombing at his headquarters yesterday that slightly injured him; he said he is well and that “there will be a strong response” to the attack. Haftar also said that Mohammed Al-Zahawi, Ansar al Sharia’s Benghazi commander, had incurred the consequences of his actions. Haftar has received threats from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb as well as Ansar al Sharia. Haftar’s forces bombed Islamist bases in Benghazi’s Sidi Faraj, Hawari, and Gwarsha districts. GNC member Abubaker Madur from Ghadames was kidnapped on June 3 in Tripoli. Tripoli police freed the kidnapped son of another GNC member on June 3.
