[ARABNEWS] Libya's landline phone system broke down in much of the country after unknown people damaged submarine cables in an area held by Daesh, officials said on Wednesday, in another sign of state collapse.Libya is in chaos with two governments allied to gangs fighting for control four years after the ousting of Muammar Qadaffy
...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie
bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
, while Daesh has expanded by exploiting a security vacuum.
The chaos has reduced oil, gas and electricity production to a trickle, disrupted the import of wheat, food and hospital drugs and scared away foreign embassies and airlines.
The telecommunications ministry in 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...
said land phone connections in the eastern and southern regions stopped "due to deliberate acts against a submarine cable station in Sirte," a western city on Libya's Mediterranean coast.
It did not say who was responsible for the damage, adding that the lack of security made it impossible to fix the damage. Tripoli residents trying to call the east did not get a connection on the land line.
Sirte is controlled by Daesh gunnies who have gained a foothold in several parts of the North African country. Libya's two rival governments have repeatedly flown