Abu Dhabi Crown Prince dismayed by failed coup in Libya

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is reportedly dismayed by the failed coup d’état in Libya which he funded with large sums of UAE money, and for which he planned for a long time, sources in the Libyan government told Asrar Arabeya website.

The Libyan coup was planned to replicate the Egyptian July 3 coup, and to take place on the anniversary of the revolution to portray it as a “correction of the revolution’s path”, the same pretext used to justify the coup in Egypt.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the UAE paid huge amounts of money to the Libyan coup d’état leader Major General Khalifah Haftar, who in turn paid equally huge amounts to Libyan officers and soldiers to help him carry out the coup, though unsuccessfully.

Moreover, Asrar Arabeya obtained information indicating that the renowned Libyan politician Mahmoud Gebril is currently seeking political asylum outside Libya after his involvement in the coup d’état has been exposed.

Preliminary information showed that the UAE planned the coup d’état in Libya with the help of Mohamed Dahlan, the notorious security advisor of An-Nahyan, and a former Palestinian official.