Khalid Shahmah

Khalid Shahmah
Khalid Shahmah
Allegiance  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
(until 2011)
Libya Libyan Republic (2011-)
Service/branch Flag of Libya (1951).svg National Liberation Army
Rank Major-General
Battles/wars 2011 Libyan civil war
* First Battle of Zawiya

Major-General Khalid Shahmah is a senior Libyan military officer. Though once under the employ of Colonel Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi regime, he is now loyal to the National Transitional Council of Libya.[1] After the use of Gaddafi's forces to repress a series of protests and the subsequent uprising beginning on 15 February 2011, on March 10, 2011 it was reported by Libya's state news that Major-General Khalid Shahmah had defected. Shahmah's defection was a contributing factor in a change of strategy for Gaddafi's remaining loyal forces during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.

Libya's state-controlled television station reported in an "urgent" on-screen cation that Major-General Khalid Shahmah, switched sides to join the rebels in the city of Zawiya, one of two fiercely contested western cities that were strongholds of the opposition at the time of Shahmah's defection. Coinciding with the defection, Western military analysts, like the International Institute for Strategic Studies based in London, determined that Colonel Gaddafi had begun curbing the use of his ground troops because his commanders feared mass defections.[2]

References

  1. ^ Daragahi, Borzou. "Libyan general joins rebels in Zawiya". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/08/world/la-fg-libya-kadafi-20110309. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  2. ^ McElroy, Damien. "Regime fears army revolt". The Sydney Morning Harald. http://www.smh.com.au/world/regime-fears-army-revolt-20110309-1bnw9.html. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 



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