I suggest you call Taylor Swift up and have her deliver your plea, the pledges will come rolling in, trust me.
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| Libya Appeals for Weapons to Battle Militias |
| 2015-01-06 |
| [AnNahar] Libya's internationally recognized government on Monday appealed for weapons to combat militias which have seized parts of the oil-rich nation, at an emergency meeting of the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... "We call on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and to arm, without further delay, the Libyan army," said Libya's representative to the Cairo-based Arab League, Ashur Bou Rashed. More than three years after dictator Moamer Qadaffy was toppled and killed in a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... -backed revolt, Libya is awash with weapons and powerful militias, and it has rival governments and parliaments. The internationally recognised government and the parliament elected in June have been based in the remote east since an Islamist-backed militia coalition, Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn ...aka Fajr Libya, the Islamist operation launched to counter that of General Khalifa Haftar (Operation Dignity). It is made up of the Libya Shield militia (Misrata and Moslem Brotherhood), Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room (Moslem Brotherhood), and Tripoli Brigade (close to Abdul Hakim Belhaj, head of Al-Watan party). Financing and moral support come from Turkey and Qatar... ), seized Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... last year. Fajr Libya also controls third city Misrata, while much of second city Benghazi is also in the hands of militias. Bou Rashed insisted on the need to score a "military victory over the brutal militias to prevent them from further expanding their influence across Libya" and help reach a political solution. His comments came as the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... postponed peace talks it was hoping to hold Monday between Libya's warring factions. The talks were originally slated for December 9 but have been repeatedly delayed amid fighting in Libya. In mid-December, Fajr Libya launched an assault to try to seize key oil terminals. At least 22 pro-government forces were killed in fighting with the militias who fired a rocket that set ablaze tanks at Al-Sidra oil terminal. The military retaliated by raiding Misrata. Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi voiced regret at the postponement of the U.N.-brokered talks. "Our priority today is to adopt a decisive position that would lead to an immediate end to armed terrorist operations" in Libya, he said. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Listen Libya, you guys need to have a real attention grabbing gimmick to entice the Arab League folks to come to your aid, otherwise Libya is just another Arab Hellhole about to catch fire. I suggest you call Taylor Swift up and have her deliver your plea, the pledges will come rolling in, trust me. |
| Posted by: Phinter Crineger9872 2015-01-06 09:35 |