tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post8088104941841578577..comments2024-03-18T22:03:28.458-07:00Comments on Monitor on Massacre Marketing: Refugees and Human TraffickingCaustic Logichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082923821952309709noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-38173694928987997232015-05-28T11:37:48.512-07:002015-05-28T11:37:48.512-07:00Libya | Mon Mar 7, 2011
Al Jazeera quoted sources... Libya | Mon Mar 7, 2011 <br />Al Jazeera quoted sources from the rebel interim council as saying it rejected Gaddafi's proposal to quit because it would have been an "honorable" exit for him.<br /><br />The channel said Gaddafi had wanted guarantees of safety for him and his family and a pledge they not be put on trial.<br /><br /><br />Ahmed Jabreel, an aide to rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil, said: "Any negotiations must be on the basis that Gaddafi will step down. There can be no other compromise."<br /><br /><br />One of Gaddafi's sons, Saadi, said Libya would descend into civil war if his father stepped down, Al Arabiya television reported, adding that Libya would turn into a new Somalia and that the country's tribes would fight each other.<br /><br />In an interview with France 24 television, Gaddafi said Libya was an important partner for the West in containing al Qaeda and illegal migrants trying to reach Europe.<br />"There are millions of blacks who could come to the Mediterranean to cross to France and Italy, and Libya plays a role in security in the Mediterranean," he said.<br /><br />So far tens of thousands of migrant workers have fled but few Libyans. <br />"If we get a massive outflow of Libyans, this would create a refugee situation, so we appeal to all countries to keep their doors open and be ready to provide assistance as humanitarian law requires," United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said.<br /><br />A British team reported to include special forces left Benghazi on Sunday after rebels captured and then released them.<br /><br />Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kusa said 300 al Qaeda fighters formerly held in Guantanamo Bay were supporting rebel forces."It's clear there is a conspiracy to divide Libya," he said.<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/us-libya-protests-idUSTRE71G0A620110308hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-68952800290869178112015-05-28T10:53:59.612-07:002015-05-28T10:53:59.612-07:0028 May 2015
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/18...28 May 2015 <br />http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/180320-tunisia-arrests-2nd-morocco-suspect-in-bardo-attack<br /><br />Tunisia Arrests 2nd Morocco Suspect in Bardo Attack <br /><br />Tunisia has arrested a second Moroccan suspect over a deadly attack in March on the Bardo museum in Tunis, detaining him at the border with Libya,<br /> the interior ministry said Thursday.<br /><br />Noureddine al-Naibi was arrested on Sunday at the Ras Jedir border post <br />on suspicion of indirect involvement in the attack, ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui told AFP.<br /><br />He said the suspect was using a forged passport.<br /><br />Last week, a young Moroccan man was arrested in Italy<br /> for allegedly helping in the March 18 attack carried out by two Tunisians who gunned down 21 tourists and a policeman before they were killed.<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-61308849145920226242015-05-28T10:51:41.000-07:002015-05-28T10:51:41.000-07:00What Future?
The disintegration of the Libyan sta...What Future?<br /><br />The disintegration of the Libyan state is threatening Tunisia.<br /> How long will Libya be able to extract its natural resources, which is its main source of revenue? And how long will it last as a united country? <br /><br />These two questions raise other interrogations in Tunisia. <br />If there is a fragmentation of Libya, the western part of the country, of which Tripoli and Misrata<br />are the main cities, and which is adjacent to the Tunisian borders, will be detached from the eastern part and the southern region(both rich in oil). <br /><br />Western Libya is the most populated area in the country, with disproportionate natural resources to its demographics: <br /><br />Tunisia can then suddenly find itself faced with a poor population knocking at its gates. <br /><br />Such security and humanitarian situation is a worrisome scenario.<br />http://mailing.iace.tn/public_html/article/IACE-YCherif-Libya-and-Tunisia-For-Worse-or-for-Better.pdf<br /><br /><br />http://itouchmap.com/?c=ly&UF=-722457&UN=-1030287&DG=PLN<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-52301940961404901542015-05-28T10:49:52.595-07:002015-05-28T10:49:52.595-07:00As the war was touching to an end, Tunisian offici...As the war was touching to an end, Tunisian officials set up a high-level task force, <br />under the ministry of employment,to study the upcoming opportunities of state building and reconstruction in Libya.<br /><br />Caid El Sebsi even staged a visit to Tripoli in October 2011, before Gaddafi's killing.<br /><br />International investors showed their interest in developing ties between the two countries as well, funding bilateral projects.iii<br /><br />Moreover , Libya's leader Mustapha Abdeljalil said that Tunisia would be one of the major investors in Libya, because of its support to the Libyan revolution.<br /><br />Libyan aid , however,remained very limited<br /><br />. The promises of Libya's new leaders never saw the light, especially with the growing political, security and economic issues.iv<br /><br />Moreover, Libyans kept asking Tunisians to be more cooperative and<br />hand over former Gaddafi affiliates.<br /><br />There were threats to close the borders (by militias affiliated to the Libyan government), as well as new promises for more economic partnership,if Tunisia cooperated. <br /><br />Baghdadi Mahmoudi, Gaddafi's last prime minister,who was under arrest in Tunisia,was handed in this context(June 2012).<br /><br />http://mailing.iace.tn/public_html/article/IACE-YCherif-Libya-and-Tunisia-For-Worse-or-for-Better.pdf<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-66944916512037965352015-05-28T10:43:48.171-07:002015-05-28T10:43:48.171-07:00TUNIS — In this small North African country where ...TUNIS — In this small North African country where the Arab Spring started <br />and chaos now threatens from every direction, developments in Europe are followed with growing anxiety. <br /><br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/27/tunisians-and-top-e-u-generals-fear-mission-creep-madness-in-libya.html<br /><br />The removal of Ben Ali in January 2011 was followed by the beginning of the Libyan revolution against Gaddafi, which rapidly evolved into civil war. <br /><br />The main Tunisian leader of 2011, Beji Caid El Sebsi, was in a delicate situation.<br /> Neutrality was almost impossible in the Libya conflict for a country as close as Tunisia. <br />So El Sebsi played on two cords. <br /><br />Fearing Gaddafi's revenge, but also aware of the possible implications of being too distant from the protagonists (NATO, Turkey, Gulf Cooperation Council) on the future of Tunisia, <br />he kept a neutral position as a facade, and allowed Gaddafi loyalists to enter Tunisia and use its roads, airports, banks and other facilities. <br /><br />Yet he also approved shipments of arms to the rebels, through NATO (especially their Qatari and Emirati allies) canals.<br /><br />Tunisia's borders were also open to hundreds of thousands of refugees coming.<br /><br />El Sebsi's policies helped Tunisia get Libyan assets, and also international aid and acclaim (IACE, 2014).<br />http://mailing.iace.tn/public_html/article/IACE-YCherif-Libya-and-Tunisia-For-Worse-or-for-Better.pdf<br /><br /><br />APRIL 29: The Tunisian Foreign Ministry expressed its “extreme indignation” to the Libyan government after fighting between pro-Qaddafi forces and rebels spilled into its territory near the border towns of Wezen in Libya and Dehiba in Tunisia.<br /><br /> Pro-Qaddafi forces and rebels have been fighting for control of Wezen for days,<br /> hoping to capture the border post that is the lifeline of the rebellion in the Western Mountains.<br />Tunisian troops are reported to have clashed with and captured pro-Qaddafi soldiers on Tunisian soil. BBC <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-90394769319980278302015-05-28T10:39:52.525-07:002015-05-28T10:39:52.525-07:00https://twitter.com/richardhowitt/status/603848124...https://twitter.com/richardhowitt/status/603848124491239424<br />conference on #Libya crisis. 28 May 2015 <br /><br />05.27.15 A newly revealed classified document and a history of grave misjudgments warn against the dangers of the new E.U. plan to stop migrants. <br /><br />Tunisians—and Top E.U. Generals—Fear Mission Creep Madness in Libya Jamie Dettmer <br /><br />Europe’s defense chiefs are warning their political superiors that the planned military mission to stop migrant-smuggling boats crossing the Mediterranean can lead to land operations in Libya and possible clashes with the Islamic State’s affiliate in that failing North African state, a turn of events bound to threaten neighboring Tunisia’s fragile equilibrium still further.<br /><br />The European commanders’ counsel contradicts the public assurances that Europe’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has been offering, which promise the intervention against the traffickers won’t involve “boots on the ground.”<br /><br />The warnings are contained in a 10-page classified document by the military defense chiefs of the 28 European Union member states, obtained and posted by Wikileaks on Tuesday. <br /><br />The military commanders raised serious questions about the intervention and recommended a timetable that would not see the mission swing into full gear until <br />after the summer, long past the height of the smuggling season.<br /><br /> In a section headlined “operational risk,” defense chiefs noted there will be a serious threat to European forces mounting the interdiction, “especially during activities such as boarding and when operating on land or in proximity to an unsecured coastline, or during interaction with non-seaworthy vessels.”<br /><br />They added: “The potential presence of hostile forces, extremists or terrorists such as Da'esh [ISIS] should also be taken into consideration.”<br />http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/27/tunisians-and-top-e-u-generals-fear-mission-creep-madness-in-libya.html<br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-28192909586269417102015-05-28T10:36:48.503-07:002015-05-28T10:36:48.503-07:0022/5/2015
http://www.correspondents.org/node/640...22/5/2015 <br /><br />http://www.correspondents.org/node/6404<br />A plan to stop the conflict has been drafted, but agreement might be just as difficult as a ceasefire. <br /><br />27 May 2015 <br />http://www.offshore-technology.com/news/newseni-discovers-gas-condensates-offshore-libya-4586325<br />Eni discovers gas and condensates offshore Libya<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRqvtTAUuaA<br />ISIL #IslamicState release photos of members training in a camp in #Benghazi #Libya <br />https://twitter.com/ASanalla/status/603595912288595968<br />27 May 2015 <br /><br />IS Nawfaliya 28 May 2015 <br />http://nasheer.me/rebat4/<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-80380878886056124412015-05-28T10:35:18.478-07:002015-05-28T10:35:18.478-07:0015 April 2015 Wednesday
Tobruk army strikes camp ...15 April 2015 Wednesday<br /><br />Tobruk army strikes camp in Libya's Tripoli <br /><br />http://www.worldbulletin.net/todays-news/157921/tobruk-army-strikes-camp-in-libyas-tripoli<br /><br />Libya's Tobruk-backed army on Wednesday carried out an airstrike against a military camp in eastern Tripoli, a local security source has said.<br /><br />The camp is located in Tajura, a town in eastern Tripoli, according to Moezeldin al-Hawat, <br />a police officer from the Tripoli Security Directorate.<br />He said the camp had been empty for several years, noting that it was located in an area controlled <br />by the Tripoli-backed Dawn of Libya militia.<br />The Tobruk-backed army has been targeting sites in Tripoli for the last several weeks.<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-12947992103388058412015-05-28T10:33:20.918-07:002015-05-28T10:33:20.918-07:00March 10, 2015
ISIS militants believed to be hol...March 10, 2015 <br /><br />ISIS militants believed to be holding 9 foreign oil workers in Libya<br />Nine foreign workers are believed to be in the hands of ISIS-affiliated militants after an attack on a Libyan oil field, according to officials.<br /><br />Libya's internationally recognized government has blamed "ISIS militias" for the attack Friday in which the Al-Ghani oil field was set on fire.<br /><br />The kidnapped foreigners were working for VAOS, an Austrian-owned oil services company whose headquarters are in Tripoli, the Libyan capital. <br /><br />They include four Filipinos, an Austrian, a Czech and a Ghanaian, according to the Philippine foreign ministry. <br />The Bangladeshi government said one of its citizens was also taken hostage. <br />The nationality of the ninth worker was unclear.<br /><br />The abductions come amid Libya's deteriorating security situation in which Islamic militias, some of them pledging allegiance to the extremist group ISIS, have thrived. <br /><br />Egypt carried out airstrikes against ISIS militants in Libya last month after the killings of Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped while working in a Libyan city. <br /><br />The attack on Al-Ghani is the latest in a recent spate of violence by militants targeting oil fields in Libya.<br /><br />The Libyan National Oil Corporation said over the weekend that it had warned VAOS <br />more than two weeks ago to leave the area because of security concerns.<br />http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/10/africa/libya-isis-foreigners-abducted/index.html<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-29774821312211834722015-05-28T10:31:07.239-07:002015-05-28T10:31:07.239-07:00Monday, March 09, 2015
http://panafricannews.blogs...Monday, March 09, 2015<br />http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/2015/03/inside-libya-how-battle-for-oil-has.html<br /><br />Mashala Zwai, the oil minister for one of Libya's two rival regimes, warned that the country was becoming "a second Somalia".<br /><br />On Friday, gunmen attacked al-Ghani oilfield south of the coastal city of Sirte, <br />killing 11 workers and kidnapping 10 foreign employees, including one Czech and one Austrian national. In recent days Isil claimed it had seized the Mabrouk, Bahi and Dahra oilfields. <br /><br />In most of the attacks, the extremists have reportedly sought out workers from Misrata, <br />the city now providing most of the fighters to Libyan Dawn, and which also played a key role in the 2011 war.<br /><br />With the country entirely dependent on its income from oil and gas, it was in everyone's interests to protect it.<br /><br />The conflict is complicated by international players taking sides, with Egypt, the UAE and Russia <br />backing the Tobruk government. <br />Qatar and Turkey have supported Libyan Dawn, encouraging its alliance with Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood. <br /><br /><br />oil-pipeline terminals at al-Sidr and Ras Lanuf. <br />The federalist militias allied with Hifter’s forces currently control the oil-pipeline terminals at al-Sidr and Ras Lanuf. <br /><br />Their commander, Ibrahim Jathran, rose to notoriety in 2013 for seizing the ports <br />to compel the Tripoli-based government to grant easterners more control over oil revenues<br />.<br /> Jathran, who was ironically part of the guard force meant to protect those facilities, tried unsuccessfully last year to sell the oil on the black market. <br />After the Dignity-Dawn split, Jathran aligned himself with Hifter and the Tobruk-based parliament. <br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/the-battle-for-libyas-oil/385285/<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/10/us-libya-security-oil-idUSKBN0M61O620150310<br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-27964590508451351632015-05-28T10:27:45.821-07:002015-05-28T10:27:45.821-07:00May 3, 2015
Sidra is controlled by Ibrahim Jadra...May 3, 2015 <br /><br />Sidra is controlled by Ibrahim Jadran, former head of Libya’s 22,000 strong oilfield security force, <br />whom the notoriously racist and anti-African Libyan Dawn views as a “thief”.<br /><br />Much of eastern Libya regards him as “Robin Hood”, however.<br />Mr Jadran gained popular support by demanding that, rather than importing skilled labour from Tripoli or Misrata, locals from this poorer region should be employed in the oil terminals.<br /><br />Misratans said Mr Jadran simply gave jobs to men from his own Magharba tribe.<br /><br />The fighting has reduced the combined production of Sidra and Ras Lanuf from approximately 550,000 barrels a day to zero. <br />Sharara, the country’s second largest oilfield is also out of use, after militias from the mountain town of Zintan closed the taps of its pipeline in an attempt to lever power.<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-protesters-end-strike-eastern-port-brega-spokesman-095958103.html<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-89358471898478696292015-05-28T10:25:36.916-07:002015-05-28T10:25:36.916-07:0018 February 2015
ISIS threatens to send 500,000 ...18 February 2015 <br /><br />ISIS threatens to send 500,000 migrants to Europe as a 'psychological weapon'<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2958517/The-Mediterranean-sea-chaos-Gaddafi-s-chilling-prophecy-interview-ISIS-threatens-send-500-000-migrants-Europe-psychological-weapon-bombed.html<br /><br /><br />March 30 2011<br />In Europe, Italy is especially vulnerable to threats by Gaddafi to bomb his own oilfields and to unleash a massive wave of illegal immigrants.<br /><br /> Because of its location, that country is already dealing with <br />the exodus of large numbers of Tunisians <br />and would be the natural entry point for Libyans as well. <br /><br />http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2011/03/30/Libya-Whats-Really-behind-the-US-<br /><br />Action<br />Italy, like other countries in the E.U., is already struggling and in no position to support a wave of dependent newcomers. <br /><br />At the same time, Italy has sizeable economic interests in its former colony — its <br />state-owned oil company is the largest in the North African nation. <br /><br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-42856239488271876022015-05-28T10:23:02.685-07:002015-05-28T10:23:02.685-07:00Egyptian jets bombed Derna in February after ISIS ...Egyptian jets bombed Derna in February after ISIS published a video showing the beheading <br />of 21 Egyptian Christians.<br />ISIS and other militant groups have established a large presence in the eastern coastal town.Critics say the official government's outdated planes often hit civilian targets.<br /><br />Two foreign seamen were killed when a Greek-operated fuel tanker docked at Derna port was bombed in January. The government said it had been transporting arms. <br /><br />A Tripoli-based state oil firm said it had been carrying fuel for a power plant.<br /><br />https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/May-06/297012-libyas-official-government-conducts-air-strikes-on-militants-in-eastern-city.ashx<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />21 Feb 2015 19:05 Reuters <br />Attackers fired rockets at eastern Libya's Labraq airport on Saturday, an airport source said, <br />targeting one of the oil producer's few functioning air hubs in a country gripped by violence. <br /><br />The airport attack came a day after militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State killed more than 40 people <br />in suicide car bombings in Qubbah, a town some 50 km away.<br /><br />Labraq is located near Bayda, the seat of internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni <br />since he had to flee the capital Tripoli when it was taken over by an armed group in August which set up a rival government and parliament.<br /><br />Helicopters took off from Labraq on Friday hours after the suicide bombings to attack militant targets in Derna, according to a military source.<br /><br />The militants claiming responsibility for the Qubbah bombings <br />had said in a statement they had acted in revenge for Egyptian air strikes on Islamic State targets in Derna on Monday, a day after the group released a video showing the execution of Egyptian Copts.<br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-1073630765772151592015-05-28T10:19:49.768-07:002015-05-28T10:19:49.768-07:00February 17, 2015
ISIS atrocity in Libya demonstr...February 17, 2015 <br />ISIS atrocity in Libya demonstrates its growing reach in North Africa<br />ISIS' presence in Sirte, a town of 50,000, has been growing. <br /><br />The Egyptians were abducted in November, and more recently, the extremists strengthened their presence by taking over government buildings and a radio station. <br /><br />ISIS first announced itself in Libya in October. <br /><br />Amateur video showed a large crowd of militants in Derna affiliated with<br /> the Shura Council for the Youth of Islam chanting their allegiance to al-Baghdadi. <br /><br />Sources told CNN at the time that ISIS had up to 800 fighters in the area <br />as well as training facilities in the nearby Green Mountains. <br /><br />They were bolstered by the return from Syria and Iraq of up to 300 Libyan jihadists. <br /><br />A short while later, al-Baghdadi recognized three Libyan "provinces": Barqa (in the east), Tripolitania (west) and Fezzan (south) as being part of the "caliphate."<br /><br />Since then, ISIS has stepped up its presence across Libya.<br /><br /> Late last month, a suicide bombing and gun attack on a hotel in the capital, Tripoli, <br />killed 10 people, including an American. The attack was swiftly claimed by Wilayat al-Tarabulus, ISIS' name for the province.<br />Politicians in Tripoli disputed the claim.<br /><br />ISIS has also been active in southern Libya, attacking a Libyan army checkpoint <br />in Sokhna in January and killing 16 people.<br /><br />http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/16/africa/isis-libya-north-africa/<br /><br />The Italian government has suggested an international peacekeeping presence in Libya. <br /><br />Italy is acutely aware that it's the jumping-off point for a growing flow of migrants <br />and a base camp for terrorism, just hours across the Mediterranean. <br /><br />Bernardino Leon, U.N. envoy to Libya, has floated the idea of international monitors <br />when a peace agreement between rival factions is hammered out.<br /><br />Islamic militants have fired rockets from speedboats at Libya's largest port in an attempt <br />to seize control of the fiercely contested resource amid warnings the country is descending into chaos like that in Syria.<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-76535911205986373182015-05-28T10:14:05.897-07:002015-05-28T10:14:05.897-07:00January 6 2015
“A NATO-style operation? Let'...January 6 2015 <br /><br />“A NATO-style operation? Let's not dream,” a French government source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. <br /><br />http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/libya-chaos-poses-threat-to-europe-1.1801607#.VWJ6WUYavLM<br /><br /><br />January 17th 2015 <br />An Islamist-backed militia alliance on Friday announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following an agreement at UN-brokered peace talks between warring factions.<br /><br />The militias have agreed to "a ceasefire on all fronts" in the North African country on condition that "the other parties respect the truce", Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) said in a statement.<br /><br />http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/57966-150117-militias-announce-libya-truce-after-geneva-accord<br /><br />http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refdaily?pass=52fc6fbd5&id=54e6e5e55<br /><br />Fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) militia hold a position during clashes with forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government as they fight for the control of the area near the Wetia military air base on February 4, 2015 in al-Aqrabiyah, some 170 kilometres west of the capital Tripoli ( southwest of Sabratha)<br /><br />https://www.profimedia.bg/0214571866<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-78950681844042478942015-05-28T10:11:50.253-07:002015-05-28T10:11:50.253-07:00Sources told Al-Akhbar that UK and US diplomats ha...Sources told Al-Akhbar that UK and US diplomats have sent explicit messages <br />to the two sides, the gist being more or less<br />that he who controls the oil wells and export terminals will receive international cover<br />to rule Libya.<br /><br />And indeed, the map of the battles is consistent with what these sources are saying. <br /><br />http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/23106<br /><br />In the meantime, France has been stepping up its rhetoric about the presence of terrorist elements in southern Libya.<br />France has also sent reinforcements to Niger and Chad, and refurbished an old military base at Madama, 100 km from the border with Libya, while putting pressure on Chadian President to send forces to Libya to fight alongside the Tabu against the Tuareg.<br /><br />Recently, French Defense Minister Le Drian visited Nigel and before it Chad, calling explicitly for international action against terrorism in Libya. <br /><br />http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/01/07/391971/Sahel-urges-intl-intervention-in-Libya<br /><br />Mali says African Sahel countries have urged the deployment of an international force in Libya in a bid to counter the rising threat of militants. hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-5951147682907620502015-05-28T10:08:59.963-07:002015-05-28T10:08:59.963-07:00January 5, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The internationally-r...January 5, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – The internationally-recognised Libyan government announced on Monday a ban on the entry of citizens from Sudan, Syria and Palestine <br /><br />Libya’s interior minister Omar al-Sanki attributed the decision to Intel suggesting that citizens from these countries are flocking in to join “terrorist groups” fighting the Libyan army in Benghazi and other cities in the western part of the country.<br /><br />Furthermore, citizens from Malta will now require prior clearance from Libya’s interior ministry to gain entry in light of information that some Maltese provided logistical support<br />to Islamist “Dawn of Libya” militias which are now in control of Tripoli.<br /><br />Last September, Libyan government said Sudan was arming "terror" groups after an arms-laden Sudanese plane touched down in southern Libya, allegedly bound for a military airbase in Tripoli held by mostly Islamist militias who seized the capital in August.<br /><br />But Sudan has vehemently denied accusations of backing any side in the Libyan conflict, saying the weapons were shipped for the use of a joint force between the two countries.<br /><br />It is widely viewed that Qatar, Turkey and Sudan are backing Islamist militias <br />while countries like Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are backing Heftar.<br /><br />Tripoli warned that it might sever ties with Khartoum and Doha over their alleged interference.<br /><br />On Sunday, a minister in the Libyan government told London-based Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that information obtained Libyan military intelligence indicated <br />that Sudanese technicians had assisted pilots from the Libyan Dawn group <br />in commandeering a plane that struck oil tanks in the Sidra port during the past week.<br /><br />The attack launched on Libya’s largest oil terminal saw militants fire rockets from speedboats, setting alight huge oil tanks and causing Libya’s oil production to plunge <br />by two-thirds, to 350,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to the state oil company.<br /><br />http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article53566<br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-37985899828537440612015-05-28T10:05:36.411-07:002015-05-28T10:05:36.411-07:0027 December 2014
Islamic militants have fired ro...27 December 2014 <br /><br />Islamic militants have fired rockets from speedboats at Libya's largest port <br />in an attempt to seize control of the fiercely contested resource <br />amid warnings the country is descending into chaos like that in Syria.<br /><br />Last night a rocket set three storage tanks ablaze at the eastern Libyan oil port of Al-Sidra as armed factions allied to competing governments fought over control of the country's biggest export terminal.<br /><br />Rebels from a group called Libya Dawn, which helped to topple Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, <br />seized control of the capital Tripoli in August - exiling the internationally recognised government east.<br /><br />The group, which is responsible for the attack which left the tanks ablaze, are now engaged in a bitter power struggle with the incumbent government fought primarily over the country's resources.<br /><br />Ali Hassi, spokesman for a security service allied to the country's east-based internationally-recognised government, said the rival force tried taking the Al-Sidra with speedboats, opening fire on an oil tank.<br /><br />Ismail al-Shukri, a spokesman for the rival force, said it had launched a new push to take the ports but denied it had sent boats or shot at any storage tanks. <br /><br />He blamed the other side, saying aircraft had attacked the tank.<br />'A tank was hit but the damage is limited,' Hassi said, adding that the advance had been stopped with aircraft and ground troops.<br /><br />Clashes were also reported from Sirte, a city west of Al-Sidra, killing up to 19, <br />among them 14 guards at a power plant, residents said.<br /><br /> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2888269/Libya-s-largest-oil-port-ablaze-rebels-launch-rocket-strikes-amid-warnings-country-descend-chaos.html#ixzz3b6HQpi1h <br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-11748127799092652112015-05-28T10:02:10.910-07:002015-05-28T10:02:10.910-07:0013 December 2014
On Saturday 13 December, air f...13 December 2014 <br /><br />On Saturday 13 December, air forces belonging to Khalifa Haftar’s Operation Dignity attacked military forces and convoys of the Misratan-led Libya Dawn camp <br />that were heading towards the oil ports <br />of Ras Lanuf and Sidra. <br /><br />The Misratan moves comes after weeks of talking about pushing Eastward to challenge<br /> the HoR and the Federalists control of these key locations.<br />It is likely that a number of factors fed into the decision of Libya Dawn to send out its troop at this particular stage, <br />allegedly under a mandate received from the rump GNC active in Tripoli. <br /><br />http://www.libya-analysis.com/libya-dawn-offensive-against-the-oil-ports-kicks-off/<br /><br />Firstly, Thinni’s cabinet recently took concrete steps to establish a new headquarters <br />and new bank accounts for the National Oil Corporation <br />in a bid to divert all international payments for Libyan oil directly under the control of the Tubruq-based establishment. <br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-27801651442688975932015-05-28T09:59:32.831-07:002015-05-28T09:59:32.831-07:00September 5, 2014
Egypt, the UAE and Arab Milita...September 5, 2014 <br /><br />Egypt, the UAE and Arab Military Intervention in Libya<br /><br />Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry was adamant that Egypt was not involved in<br /> “any military activity and does not have any military presence on Libyan territories,” <br />all of which might be technically true if Egypt only provided use of an air base to a UAEAF mission (al-Jazeera, August 26). <br />http://www.jamestown.org/regions/middleeast/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=42790&tx_ttnews[backPid]=678&cHash=cb757761da36a009f5a9c165412db04e#.VWRYT0YavLM<br />·<br /> The absence of state control over Libyan borders, seaports and airports raises a host of security concerns; <br /><br />· New armed Islamist groups operating in the greater Cairo region and the Nile Valley (possibly including returnees from the fighting in Syria and Iraq) may seek arms supplies from Libya transported over the largely defenseless southern region of the border between Libya and Egypt.<br /><br />· Libya could provide a rallying point for Egyptian jihadists, likely in the newly-declared “Islamic Emirate of Benghazi” (see Terrorism Monitor, August 7). <br /><br />Oct. 1, 2014, Sudan is supporting Islamists in Libya <br />The Libyan boarder is totally secured, especially after the victory of our allies (Libya Dawn Forces) [Ed note: see here] in Tripoli.<br /><br />We managed to reach to them the weapons and military equipment donated by Qatar <br />and Turkey and we formed a joint operations room under a colonel for coordination purposes with them on how to administer the military operations.<br /><br />Turkey and Qatar provided us with information in favor of the revolutionaries on top of the information collected by our own agents that benefit them to win the war and control the whole country. [Emphasis ours] <br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.co.id/an-intimate-look-inside-the-sudanese-regime-2014-9/#.VWR19kYavLM<br /><br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-88026771650290816122015-05-28T09:55:52.134-07:002015-05-28T09:55:52.134-07:00Apr 16, 2014
Is the U.S. secretly training Libyan...Apr 16, 2014 <br />Is the U.S. secretly training Libyan militiamen in the Canary Islands? And if not, are they planning to?<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2014/04/16/militias_and_mayham_the_truth_about_american_military_assistance_in_libya_partner/<br />November 7, 2014 <br /><br />Italy has trained 1,320 Libyans in Libya and 185 in Italy.But the US reported that many of these, on returning to Libya, joined militias rather than the army.<br /><br />http://portside.org/2014-11-08/nato%E2%80%99s-plan-train-libyan-soldiers-disaster-start<br />10/28/2014 <br /><br />The Sudan has trained a bunch of radical Islamists to fly helicopters and planes. <br /><br />These radical Islamists were delivered to Libya yesterday via Mitiga airport <br />under the control of Al Qaeda leader Abdulhakim Belhaj.<br />Today, these radicals working with Misurata Islamic mafia and all other radical groups in Libya, began to fly their planes and helicopters against the people of Tripoli.<br /><br />They have blocked roads and are shooting at innocent people to try and stave off the inevitable fall of their corrupt illegal hold on Tripoli.<br />http://linkis.com/com/TB9VU<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-71989124494489110102015-05-28T09:53:31.675-07:002015-05-28T09:53:31.675-07:00Aug 25th 2014
The resolution of the airport battl...Aug 25th 2014 <br />The resolution of the airport battle comes as Khalifa Haftar, a former general loosely allied with the Zintanis, is stalling in his self-declared war against Islamists in eastern Libya. <br /><br />The country’s hapless government looks increasingly shaky. Most of its members are scattered outside Tripoli and the justice minister said he was resigning this week. <br /><br />Many Libyans fear a scenario where the elected parliament, supported by Mr Hiftar’s forces and tribal militias in the east, vies with a self-declared government in the capital buttressed by Misrata’s militias and their allies. <br /><br />http://www.economist.com/blogs/pomegranate/2014/08/libya<br /><br />http://rt.com/news/182380-libya-islamists-seize-airport/<br /><br /><br />WHO IS MAJLIS SHURA SHABAB AL-ISLAM?<br />http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-islamic-states-first-colony-in-libya<br /><br />MSSI publicly announced its existence on April 4, when masked members of the group took to the streets of Darnah<br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-25834883761817145762015-05-28T09:51:24.440-07:002015-05-28T09:51:24.440-07:00Quoting WikiLeaks Cyrenaica:SIRTE:Presidency of th...Quoting WikiLeaks Cyrenaica:SIRTE:Presidency of the General Staff decided to appoint <br />Colonel Jamal Zahawy as successor to the late colonel Bohlaiqah<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1572348453006941<br />VIDEO : BATAILLON DU MARTYR SALAH BU-HULAIGA DIRIGE PAR LE COLONEL JAMAL AL-ZAHAWY 14-01-2015.<br /><br />Mohammad al-Zahawi (note the al-Qaeda flag). <br />http://shoebat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Mohammad_Al_Zahawi.jpg<br /><br />http://shoebat.com/2014/01/11/state-caves-bit-benghazi-still-avoids-egypt-link/<br /><br />If Ansar Al-Sharia in Benghazi is now officially a terrorist organization, doesn’t that necessarily make al-Zahawi one too? Why isn’t his name included in the release? Not identifying the wide range of individuals and groups the administration must know is involved is beyond disconcerting. <br /><br />http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/AQList.htm<br />The leader is Mohamed al-Zahawi (not listed). <br /><br /><br />Tripoli, 6 December 2013: Colonel Salah Buhulaiga, the commander of the Zawia Martyrs Brigade in Sirte, was killed early this morning, apparently in a car crash.<br />The accident, at around 3am, happened at Bukrain, half way between Misrata and Sirte, <br />at the junction with the road heading down to Hun and Sebha.<br /><br />The head of the SSC in Tripoli, Hashem Bishr, told the Libya Herald that intelligence contacts and members of the brigade in Sirte had confirmed to him that the death <br />was an accident.<br /><br /> http://www.libyaherald.com/2013/12/06/buhulaiga-killed-in-traffic-accident/#ixzz2mkrSwlua<br /><br /><br />Since Dec. 13, Libya Dawn militias have launched a military operation, called "Sunrise Operation to <br />liberate oil ports and fields," to take control of the Oil Crescent area, claiming they have been mandated by the expired General National Congress.<br /><br />The Oil Crescent area includes a group of cities between the cities of Benghazi and Sirte, <br />500 km east of the capital Tripoli.<br /><br />It contains the largest oil reserves in the country, <br />in addition to the ports of Sidra, Ras Lanuf, and Brega, the country's largest ones. <br />http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/899412.shtml<br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-16178991852280984092015-05-28T09:47:52.134-07:002015-05-28T09:47:52.134-07:0011 April 2014
Sirte was the scene of armed clashes...11 April 2014<br />Sirte was the scene of armed clashes between militias under the control of federalist leader Ibrahim Jadhran <br />and Central Libya Shield in March when Jadhran’s Cyrenaica Defence Force entered the town <br />before being pushed back to the Red Valley to the east losing several truckloads of arms <br />to the Misratans in the process.<br />...<br />A Benghazi brigade, the Zawia Martyrs Brigade, which is attached to the Saiqa force, <br />was assigned to ensure stability in Sirte in early 2012 but has since become a target for both Qaddafi loyalists and other militants.<br /><br />Last month five of the brigade’s members were killed in Sirte after a heat-seeking missile hit their vehicle.<br /><br /> It is not known who fired it<br />.Nuiari said that as Central Libya Shield were preparing to leave there had been some clashes in the town but that the Misratan-led force was not involved.<br /><br />http://libyaherald.com/2014/04/11/central-libya-shield-forces-pull-out-from-sirte-airbase/<br /><br />http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/libyan-shield-force-lsf<br /><br />The Libyan Shield Force was formed during 2012 and is an umbrella militia inclusive of both federalists and Islamists groups from east Misrata and Zintan. <br />hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091580307813686433.post-4145681339719348262015-05-28T09:45:11.922-07:002015-05-28T09:45:11.922-07:00November 14, 2013
http://www.aberfoylesecurity.c...November 14, 2013 <br /><br />http://www.aberfoylesecurity.com/?p=759<br /><br />BERBERS SEIZE LIBYAN OIL TERMINAL TO PRESS DEMAND FOR RECOGNITION<br /><br />The Berber gunmen are led by Adel al-Falu, a former Libyan army officer <br />once tasked with protecting the Mellitah terminal. <br /><br />With oil exports from the terminal halted, al-Falu is now seeking to halt gas exports <br />through trans-Mediterranean pipelines to Italy, <br />with the objective of pressuring Italy and the European Union to force Libya’s GNC <br />to recognize the Amazigh language (Reuters, November 8). <br /><br />Most of the 50 to 75 gunmen occupying Mellitah arrived from the nearby town of Zuwara <br />in coast-guard boats the Berbers seized during the 2011 revolution. <br /><br />Many of the occupiers are veterans of the revolution.<br /><br />http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9734/northafricapipelinesmap.jpg<br />pipelines <br /><br /><br />hnoreply@blogger.com