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Tango01 | 24 Jun 2016 10:19 p.m. PST |
…Losing Libya "The battle against the Islamic State in Libya may be at a new and optimistic peak, but politically, the country is still a chaotic mess. The multi-pronged battle to wrest control of the Libyan coastal town of Sirte from the Islamic State may be distracting the transitional, U.N.-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) from uniting the country's warring factions and reaffirming trust in unbiased, national-level institutions. The international actors that have thrown their weight behind GNA as a channel to counter the Islamist state may be well advised to seek out an alternate strategy if this transitional government falters in its mandate. In the two years since Libya's descent into violence, competing political groups and the array of militia groups scattered under their respective military umbrellas have driven rival factions to splinter, leaving space aplenty for the Islamic State to exploit. The Islamic State embedded itself in Sirte late last summer and expanded its territorial holdings across more than 100 miles of Mediterranean coastline and into southern regions. Libya's disparate political-militia groups, now including those affiliated with the GNA, are competing to be the main expeller of the Islamic State from Libya…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 25 Jun 2016 7:24 a.m. PST |
We can only hope the Libyans with minimal support from the West can rid there country of Daesh. That would be a pleasant change to what we see in Iraq and even Syria. But Libya as pointed out is a mess on many levels … so again … we can only wait and hope … |
Tango01 | 25 Jun 2016 10:53 a.m. PST |
Yes… hope is what only we have… Amicalement Armand |
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