Commando Paintball Benghazi

Commando Paintball Benghazi was a paintball venue in Benghazi, Libya, documented in contemporary coverage of a July 2013 tournament. Photographs published by WE Entertainment show a floodlit playing field, participants preparing equipment and a trophy presentation. The accompanying captions identify the tournament date as 26 July 2013.[1][2]

History

Commando is documented in WE Entertainment's Championship PAINT BALL LIBYA 2013 photograph album. Photographs published on 27 July 2013 explicitly name “Commando Paint ball Benghazi” in their captions, with several also carrying the venue's name as a watermark.[1][3]

The venue's playing area included brick walls, stacks of tyres and building-like structures. Photographs show games taking place at night under floodlights, with players wearing protective masks and using hopper-fed markers. Other images show participants wearing chest protection and preparing equipment beside wooden tables and benches.[3][4][5]

July 2013 tournament

WE Entertainment published photographs of the Benghazi tournament on 27 July 2013. Their captions give the event date as 26 July 2013. A photographed event backdrop carries the printed date 25 July 2013; the available records do not explain the discrepancy.[1][5]

Further photographs, published on 30 July 2013 under the caption “Crowned champion”, show a trophy being raised amid confetti and groups posing with cups. These captions again identify Commando Paintball Benghazi and 26 July 2013.[2][6]

The event backdrop displays Commando Paintball, WE Entertainment and Libyana Hits branding. The photograph captions also credit “Stodio و خلاص”. These records document the organisations and names presented in the event coverage, without specifying their individual organisational or commercial responsibilities.[1][5]

Relationship to the Tripoli coverage

The same album contains photographs captioned as Paintball Libya in Tripoli, as well as images with a shared caption naming both Tripoli and Commando in Benghazi. Some of these shared-caption photographs show inflatable bunkers and players wearing tournament-style paintball clothing. Their captions do not establish which venue is pictured.[1][7]

Historical context

The tournament took place during Libya's transition following the 2011 civil war, before the renewed conflict of 2014.[8]

See also

• Paintball Libya
• Paintball in Libya

References

1. WE Entertainment, “Championship PAINT BALL LIBYA 2013”, Facebook photograph album, uploads dated 26, 27 and 30 July 2013.
2. WE Entertainment, “Crowned champion”, Benghazi trophy presentation photograph, Facebook, 30 July 2013; caption identifies Commando Paintball Benghazi and 26 July 2013.
3. WE Entertainment, Commando Paintball Benghazi field action photograph showing brick walls, tyres and floodlighting, Facebook, 27 July 2013.
4. WE Entertainment, participants preparing equipment at Commando Paintball Benghazi, Facebook, 27 July 2013.
5. WE Entertainment, participants with equipment in front of the branded tournament backdrop, Facebook, 27 July 2013.
6. WE Entertainment, group posing with a trophy at the Benghazi event, Facebook, 30 July 2013.
7. WE Entertainment, airball photograph with a shared caption naming Paintball Libya in Tripoli and Commando in Benghazi, Facebook, 27 July 2013.
8. Council on Foreign Relations, “Instability in Libya”, Global Conflict Tracker.

External links

• Contemporary championship photograph album published by WE Entertainment