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Militants find sanctuary in Libya's wild south
[AlAhram] A series of military victories over myrmidon Islamic groups along Libya's Mediterranean coastline has forced hundreds of myrmidons, including Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... fighters, to seek refuge in the vast deserts of the North African nation. The desert is already home to militias from neighboring countries, cross-border criminal gangs and mercenaries. Libya's lawless, desolate center and south provides a sanctuary for gunnies to reorganize, recruit, train and potentially plot for a comeback. That is especially important at a time when the Islamic State group lost not only its urban holdings in Libya but is crumbling in Iraq and Syria. In Libya's remote stretches near the borders with Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Algeria, Niger and Tunisia, multiple gangs already operate freely. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-14 |
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