Libya Closes Borders, Declares Much of South a ‘Military Zone’
Military Given Supreme Authority in Six Provinces
The Libyan National Congress (LNC) has announced that it is closing its southern and eastern borders for an indefinite period of time, and that it is declaring six provinces, covering the bulk of the south, a “closed military zone.”
The LNC decree went on to give the Defense Ministry the power to impose a military governor on each of the six provinces, with unchecked power to arrest people and deport “illegal immigrants.”
Southern provinces have been increasingly embroiled in tribal clashes in recent months, and many of the southern representatives to the LNC were boycotting the body when it declared their regions under military rule.
The government’s official statement cited an increased flow of “illegal immigrants in the expectation of eventual international military action in Mali” as the justification for its move, though it isn’t clear how much of the fighting has anything to do with factions in Azawad.
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notinmyname
December 17th, 2012 at 1:33 am
Libyan democracy LOL
Farang
December 17th, 2012 at 2:37 am
The Islamists are beginning to isolate Black Africa from the Mediterranean and Europe. This is a positive development, considering the problems illegal African immigration causes in Europe.
Doug Nemo
December 17th, 2012 at 11:18 am
This is to provide cover for further massacres of the black-skinned Libyans in this region (Fezzan) as the CIA's Al Qaeda proxies consolidate their power the only way they know how. Khadaffy's socialist economy provided many jobs for immigrants for sub-Sharan African nations bordering on Libya and LIbya had worked with southern European nations (i.e. Italy under Berlusconi) to prevent African job-seekers from flooding into EUrope. Now that Khadaffy is gone, I guess the plan of the jihadis is to massacre them.