What's at stake for Libya?

[TomSea]

Haftar's assault on Tripoli: What's at stake for Libya?
Al Jazeera

HAFTAR'S ASSAULT ON TRIPOLI:

On April 4, forces loyal to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar launched a surprise attack on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, in an attempt to remove the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA).

Claiming that he is fighting “terrorism” and trying to stabilise Libya, Haftar - who is backed by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives - has sought to defeat the militias that support the GNA, which is headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.

Since the toppling of long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011, a series of governments have failed to demobilise and reintegrate a number of armed groups that had risen to prominence during the revolution.

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Claiming that he is fighting “terrorism” and trying to stabilise Libya, Haftar - who is backed by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives - has sought to defeat the militias that support the GNA, which is headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj.

Read more at: https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2019/whats-happening-in-libya-explainer/index.html

So, part of the government actually supports Haftar, I guess, this is all mainly about wealth and a mini-world war II really, when one sees the multitude of forces involved, every war, at least, over there is now a world war per powers involved.

Per World War II and Tobruk:

The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya, during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. In late 1940, the Allies had defeated the Italian 10th Army during Operation Compass (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941) and trapped the remnants at Beda Fomm. During early 1941,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Tobruk

At least, this phase was before the US even entered the war, just some pretty interesting sidenotes on this.



Looks like a hopeless skirmish.

[dfwgator]

"We Came. We Saw. He Died"

[GtHawk]

"We Came. We Saw. He Died"

Democrats sure are good at stabilizing the Mideast, Eh?

[Cyber Liberty]

Democrats sure are good at stabilizing the Mideast, Eh?

As good as the Russians, with the same intent.

[TomSea]

Congressional hearing on Libya:

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Carnegie Endowment: https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/05/15/conflict-in-libya-pub-79160

 This is a real proxy war. As Senator Graham said, we just shouldn't take a side on this.

Now, that I've watched the video, there is a lot of good information in it, some of the panelists have been in Libya in recent years at crucial times. It sounds like we shouldn't be supporting Haftar, so Sisi of Egypt (maybe) and Saudis Crown Prince like the guy? A lot of mixed signals... one of the other Gulf States too.

Better as the panelists say, better to fight the terrorists not each other and a bunch of foreign forces are there, even if I think in some cases, they aren't from that far away like Sudan.