It wasn’t exactly a secret, but Libyan officials confirmed today that the capital city of Tripoli has effectively fallen to the Misrata militia, an Islamist faction from a nearby port city.
“We announce that most ministries, institutions and state bodies in the capital Tripoli are out of our control,” officials conceded in a statement issued overnight. The Misrata militia and its allies aren’t letting officials enter those buildings.
The parliament also announced that it has reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as their prime minister. Thinni, a former defense ministry who was first appointed in March, has insisted he doesn’t want the job, but has also refused to hand over the position to anyone else parliament chooses.
Thinni is charged with forming a “crisis government” within the next few weeks, though exactly how much power such a government will have remains to be seen, as Libya’s military has mostly backed coup general Khalifa Hifter, and control of the ground is mostly between his fighters and various other militias.
Fighting in Benghazi also continues between Hifter’s forces, which control the airport, and Ansar al-Sharia’s Shura Council, one of two militia factions which both claim to represent the people of Benghazi.
The Misrata militia was one of the leading factions in Western Libya during the revolution to oust Moammar Gadhafi, and was responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks on African immigrants, which they accused of being pro-Gadhafi mercenaries. The faction has retained huge power since the end of that war, and now seems to be trying to consolidate power for itself.
Oboomer's growing list of (Failed States) include:
1. Libya
2. Iraq
3. Syria
4. Afghanistan
5. Pakistan
6. Yemen
7. Somalia
8. Palestine
9. Ukraine
10.Ferguson, Missouri (USA)
Work like this (should) win him (another) Nobel Peace Prize.
Another mess. Well done Washington.
Sort of makes me miss the old days when KaDaffy Duck ran the country. Except for his "no alcohol" rule, life wasn't that bad there. I was there in 1999.
"The rapid and easy victory of the 2013 coup in Egypt puffed up the Arab counterrevolutionary movement with arrogance, confirming the belief in its main centres that it was capable of achieving miracles and in re-establishing the status-quo ante in the Arab world. The counterrevolutionary forces acted without any reservations, made no attempts at subtlety or discretion, and did not bother to consider the immense destruction, countless victims and the amount of blood spilt as a result of the tumultuous suppression of the will and aspirations of the people…
Libya was also subjected to another attack, the full details of which are yet to be revealed. However, the Libyan faction that attempted a coup against the revolution has been defeated, even if it not yet totally effaced, and Libyans wait to see if the 3 July coup regime in Egypt will intervene militarily in their country, which is already overburdened by external interference. Despite transition processes in other Arab revolution countries proceeding slowly, it seems clear that the counterrevolutionary forces will not succeed in replicating the July 2013 Egyptian experience. Even in Egypt, people are still taking to the streets, the dream of stability remains distant, and it is uncertain that the economic decline will not lead to total economic meltdown. The Syrian revolution has successfully slowed the progress of the regime’s forces and its sectarian allies, while the same sectarian camp finds itself helpless in the face of the challenges it created in Iraq. The attempt to isolate Qatar within the Gulf collective has failed, and those that attempted to isolate it themselves face isolation. Similarly, the delusion of intervention in Turkish affairs has dissipated, and those who have been wishing for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speedy exit from the political sphere have to live with the prospect of his presidency for the next 10 years. – See more at: http://middleeasteye.net/columns/arab-counterrevo…
Hundreds of millions of dollars, and convoys of weaponry were pumped into Libya, where various factions linked to the former regime had hastily aligned themselves with adventurous officers, ambitious technocrats and tribal forces, all aiming to uproot the forces and institutions of the Libyan revolution. Large amounts of money were pumped into Tunisia to revive groups loyal to the regime deposed in 2011, and to establish a united opposition front that would include a range of elements from the extreme right to the extreme left, in order to confront the Islamist democrats and their leftist allies. The Tunisian counterrevolution had no qualms about compromising the country’s security, and employed the tools of character assassination and bloody assassination in equal measure.
– See more at: http://middleeasteye.net/columns/arab-counterrevo…
Libya is in a state of chaos, not because of some intrinsic tendency to shun order. Libyans, like people all over the world, seek security and stability in their lives. However, other parties, Arab and western, are desperate to ensure that the ‘new Libya’ is consistent with their own interests, even if such interests are obtained at the expense of millions of people.
US should not be alone to be blamed for all these mess. US's European allies and Australia should also be blame as well because these nation did involved along with the US.
Inclusively, Twitter should be blamed for it. If we dig up the news, we will find articles in which Twitter admitted they were actively involved helping to overthrow governments.