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Africa North
Weapons, militants and Haftar: Recipe for state-society destruction in Libya?
2014-05-26
[Al Ahram] Armed, bloody festivities among Death Eaters have characterised the political scene in Libya for almost three years: fighting and killing aren't news anymore.

Open conflict rose to the surface after the removal of long-time dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them...
from power in the 2011 uprising, with armed rebels refusing to unite under the umbrella of a national army functioning within the bounds of state authority.
Posted by:Fred

#1  "The Americans know him very, very wellI think working for the CIA for the sake of your national interest is nothing to be ashamed of," The Washington Post quoted Ali Aujali, Libya's ex-ambassador in Washington DC, during a CNN interview in 2011. .

Ambo Ali Aujali perspective differs just slightly from the view of many Americans, who have become fok'n sick and tired of Klingon led misadventures and regime toppling schemes. Feckless schemes and global cock-ups which have left thousands of US service men and women dead in their wake.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-05-26 06:15  

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