A week after fighting broke out in Tripoli between the “unity” government and the Tripoli Parliament, two of the three self-proclaimed governments in the country, the unity government is facing further attacks on several fronts, with every major force in the country hitting them at once.
This morning, unity government territory was attacked by unidentified warplanes, and a few hours later, Gen. Khaliifa Hifter’s Libya National Army (LNA), loyal to the Tobruk Parliament, the third would-be government, started attacking in earnest. The fighting was in Jufra, in central Libya.
At the same time, ISIS started attacking the unity government in nearby areas, apparently hoping to use the confusion from the current fights to seize some easy territory. With so many enemies targeting them at once, the unity government, which is endorsed by the US and is one of a couple of UN-endorsed governments within Libya, is clearly on its heels.
It may be getting worse, as the unity government is claiming that Egypt’s Air Force is participating in the attacks, accusing them of attacking “the same forces that defeated ISIS in Sirte last year.” Egypt has not confirmed this specific involvement, though they’ve been active in Libya recently.
It’s also wholly plausible, as Egypt’s military junta has long favored Hifter, who has attempted coups of his own in recent years, and still has ambitions of being the nation’s military ruler. It would not be shocking for them to try to support Hifter’s military gains.
Aren’t ISIS (Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Legion) and Gen Hiftler’s little C!eye!ay run army both U.S. proxies.. So it makes sense, but why is it news…???? Its a dog bites man story…. bears do it in the woods non-story…
True, and quite the reverse of what happened in Venezuela during the 2002 coup. For Empire USA finds it so easy to establish dominance over nations due to so many people having a superiority complex that loves to enrich itself upon the misery of the weaker.
Socialist President Gaddafi was the best, the very best and the fact that the ingrate society did nothing to defend their President, even when he offered weapons to all who are willing to fight, even though it was common knowledge that Gaddafi kept a small and weak military to prevent a coup, the people have no one to blame but themselves.
It’s the same ole, same ole John… Good healthcare, food, housing and free education… But I suspect there were not enough Mercedes… Probably too many Fiats… Not the sort of thing that would lead to revolt in most places…. I’ m sure that those living there found Gaddafi’s socialism a bit suffocating.. Probably difficult to move up very far… It sets a bad precedent.. “Be satisfied with what you have got” It’s the song of the Status quo…. But our inner nature always wants MORE & BETTER… It’s the driving force of evolution… We’d still be worms in the mud without the compulsion for more, better, faster, farther…. One of the animating forces of life itself I’m sure… Needs to be factored in when making policy…. I’m with you John that Gadaffi was a danm good leader of his time in Africa, and now his gold dinar project was a big loss for Africa……
Inquiring minds want to know….. Where does Gadafi’s/ Libya’s 87 tons of gold reside these days.. I wonder if any and how much found its way to the Clinton Foundation….