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| After UK, Egypt attacks, Libya seen as jihadist haven |
| 2017-05-28 |
| [IsraelTimes] Attacks in Manchester and Egypt highlight threat posed by Islamist groups that have thrived in chaotic North African nation. The Libya connection in the May 22 Manchester concert suicide kaboom and Friday’s attack on Christians in Egypt has shone a light on the threat posed by hard boy Islamic groups that have taken advantage of lawlessness in the troubled North African nation to put down roots, recruit fighters and export jihadists to cause death and carnage elsewhere. Libya has been embroiled in violence since a 2011 uprising toppled and killed Muammar Qadaffy |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Surely our government will get it right next time. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-05-28 12:39 |
| #3 No succession planning and no substantial force on the ground. No real assistance to the first government to root out the militias. The intel was there that the militias were mostly radical and the empty suit and the Russian agent in the State Department let it disintegrate. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-05-28 11:53 |
| #2 More importantly, Khaddafy openly threatened to open the floodgates and let the migrants through if he was not appeased. So they took him out to remove the threat... and the floodgates opened. Lose-lose. Unexpectedly. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-28 10:44 |
| #1 The important thing is that a bloody-handed dictator who was violating the basic human right of non-peaceful protest was removed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-28 03:02 |