The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs has accused Russia of working with the Assad government to try to get Syrian militias into Libya to work with Gen. Khalifa Hafter’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA).
Syria has been claimed, mostly by Turkey, of being in league with the LNA. This makes sense from Turkey’s perspective because they are working with the rival GNA faction in Libya, and sending Syrian rebels to help them fight.
The US official, Henry Wooster, said that the US “does not support LNA military action against Tripoli,” which is a position that the US has often been sort of vague on, praising Hafter at times and never showing much support for the GNA.
Russia has been more directly aligned with Hafter, as is most of the world. The GNA’s only major ally is Turkey, though the State Department comments suggest they may be roughly favoring them in control of Tripoli, at the very least to the extent they can accuse the other side, ironically run by a former CIA asset in Hafter, of being in league with Russia.
“The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs”
The fact that we have one of those is a problem in itself.
“… has accused Russia of working with the Assad government to try to get Syrian militias into Libya to work with Gen. Khalifa Hafter …”
Classic disinformation ploy: accuse the other guy of doing what you are doing:
Turkey is paying the al Qaeda/ISIS head-choppers who fled to Turkey from their losing US-sponsored regime-change terror war in Syria, and sending them to Libya to fight against Hafter’s forces.
Erdogan is executing a “twofer”: getting unemployed and restless foreign killers out of Turkey, where they are nothing but trouble, and sending them to Libya to be liquidated, while simultaneously expanding Turkish influence in the region.
Erdogan doesn’t have to be on the winning side in Libya. He wins at home by getting rid of his “killer refugee” problem.
Can anymore B—S— than this be put out by the US Deputy Director of State.
Are we paying for these people to hold office?
when an amerikans lips r moving they r lying
“amerikan parents lie to their children; amerikan children lies to their parents–its expected”. Geoffrey gore
“amerikans have been liars and braggarts for 3 centuries”. Daniel Boorstin
“the men amerikans most admire tell them the most extravagant lies; the men they most despise try to tell them the truth”. HL Menkhen
“obama’s job is to lie to a nations of liars”. Kiese Laymon