With an ongoing war between several different factions in oil-rich Libya, there is a growing interest among regional powers in backing those factions, hoping to see some benefit from installing their favored side.
On the one side the Islamists have secured considered favor from both Qatar and Turkey, while the Egyptian military junta has been backing would-be military ruler Gen. Khalifa Hifter, and has the United Arab Emirates on their side.
The Obama Administration is now confirming that they are in the process of drawing up possible sanctions against some of those factions, with an eye on scaring countries away from backing sides the US doesn’t explicitly favor.
Exactly who that means is unclear, but Hifter’s long history with the CIA and the administration’s long-standing love affair with military rule in Egypt would suggest that it will be the Islamist factions that are the likely target.
Qatar and Turkey only provide sympathy or moral support nothing more.On the hand ,the Unted Arab Emirates has been providing financial,military,and materiel support in addition to mercenaries who were trained by former black water operatives headed by Mr Prince himself.
see http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/world/middleeas….
The united Arab Emirates sent its jet fighters and attacked targets in Libya and continue to do so with Egypt.Facing mounting discontent and severe problems at home,the Egyptian Junta has sent troops and weapons to their asset Hafter.The Egyptian Junta using Libya is a way to deflect attention away from its tyrannical hold over Egypt.The junta has its eyes on parts of eastern Libya with the oil field.
Would the Obama administrations accept the Libyan supreme court ruling that makes the unpopular parliament of Tobruk illegitimate and its actions void?!!Would they allow the Libyan people solve their problems and not side with one group against another?Would they support the majority of Libyan who are opposed to the parliament?Would they continue to support the military take over of Libya by Hafter and his ragtag forces?Most Libyans are outright against Hafter and know very well what he did in Chad and the thousands of Libyans who died because of his actions in Chad and now Libya.Would the US tell Saudi Arabia,Emirates ,France ,UK,and Egypt stop supporting Hafter and his allies ???
How this US foreign policy failure is not national news is beyond me. Getting rid of Qaddafi was the worst thing to happen to Africa in a long time. What a bunch of monsters run our country.