In Benghazi, gunmen kidnapped Mahmoud Obeidi, a son of Major General Suleiman Obeidi, who has been linked to Operation Dignity; another of Obeidi’s sons was kidnapped last year and is still missing. A civilian who tried to rescue girls from a hijacking was killed in Benghazi on July 9, as was a soldier. In Derna, a policeman was murdered and a former commander of the Abu Sleem Martyrs Brigade escaped an attempted murder; the brigade and Ansar al Sharia have been clashing for weeks.
