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2019-12-26 Africa North
Erdogan calls for inviting Tunisia, Algeria and Qatar to Berlin conference
[Libya Observer] The Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
has called during a visit to Tunisia for allowing Tunis, Algeria, and Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to be part of Berlin conference on the Libyan crisis.

Erdogan added in a joint presser with the Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday that he is certain that Tunis will provide valuable assistance in the efforts to stabilize Libya.

"We are dealing with the legitimate government in Libya and its Presidential Council's Head Fayez al-Sarraj, while Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all...
is dealing with countries supporting him with weapons and money." Erdogan added.

He also said that there are 5000 Sudanese mercenaries plus Russian troops in Libya, saying they are illegally present in the country as Haftar's forces are an illegitimate body.

"We can't leave our Libyan brothers under the mercy of the likes of Haftar." Erdogan indicated, saying Ankara wants to resolve the Libyan crisis via an inter-Libyan dialogue and that he discussed with Saied forms of cooperation to reach a ceasefire in Libya and a return to the political process.

Saied, meanwhile; said the MoU in maritime cooperation between Libya and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
doesn't include Tunisian waters, adding that he discussed with Erdogan the initiative proposed by Tunis to resolve the conflict in Libya.

Earlier, the advisor of the Tunisian Presidency Rachida al-Nefer said on Saturday that the Tunisian President was going to activate an initiative to resolve the Libyan crisis.
Posted by Fred 2019-12-26 00:49|| || Front Page|| [9 views ]  Top
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#1 So the sultan wants to own Libya like in the past until expelled by Italians...
Posted by Spanky Whuter1088 2019-12-26 02:09||   2019-12-26 02:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Bet Yippie was fed too many stories about the Holy Ottoman Empire as a child.
Posted by jpal 2019-12-26 09:53||   2019-12-26 09:53|| Front Page Top

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