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Venezuela: Mayor and politicians being arrested, taken to prison; now prison is on fire
Started by Lilbitsnana, Yesterday 03:14 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...rrested-taken-to-prison-now-prison-is-on-fire
Corruption, falling oil prices and talk of a coup: The end of Chavez's socialist dream
Started by BREWER, Today 04:44 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...of-a-coup-The-end-of-Chavez-s-socialist-dream
Enemy in the Gates - Friday, 02/20/2015
Started by Ragnarok, Today 09:54 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?464157-Enemy-in-the-Gates-Friday-02-20-2015
Main Russia/Ukraine invasion thread - NATO: Russian Tanks and Artillery Enter Ukraine
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ian-Tanks-and-Artillery-Enter-Ukraine/page386
SOMALIA: 2 Hotels attacked; car bombs, gunfire at least 25 dead some Somali Ministers/MPS
Started by Lilbitsnana, Today 02:22 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...re-at-least-25-dead-some-Somali-Ministers-MPS
ISRAEL heating up again... update posts 335/338
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ating-up-again...-update-posts-335-338/page16
Main Islamic State (ISIS) thread
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?451597-Main-Islamic-State-(ISIS)-thread/page59
Italy Prepares for War with ISIS from the South
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-18-2015 05:50 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?464060-Italy-Prepares-for-War-with-ISIS-from-the-South
Intel: ISIS planning attacks on U.S. soil
Started by Ragnarok, 02-17-2015 08:36 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?463999-Intel-ISIS-planning-attacks-on-U.S.-soil/page2
Fort Carson Unit Headed to Possible Showdown with Islamic State
Started by Used Camels, 02-17-2015 01:05 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...eaded-to-Possible-Showdown-with-Islamic-State
US Officials Admit Concern Over Syrian Refugee's - coming into the US
Started by Coulter, 02-18-2015 09:15 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...cern-Over-Syrian-Refugee-s-coming-into-the-US
ISIS in Libya: Overrun Europe with Immigrants and ‘Turn it into Hell’
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-17-2015 09:26 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...urope-with-Immigrants-and-‘Turn-it-into-Hell’
ISIS and Christians
Started by tomsawyer, 02-17-2015 03:47 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?463984-ISIS-and-Christians
White House Summit Features Muslim Leader with Record of Defending Terror Groups
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-17-2015 09:17 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...Leader-with-Record-of-Defending-Terror-Groups
BREAKING NEWS: 2 large explosions in central Cairo, #Egypt. (sound bombs? = 2 IEDs)
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ntral-Cairo-Egypt.-(sound-bombs-2-IEDs)/page6
IRAN MOVES TO CONTROL SUEZ CANAL AND YEMEN 1-21-2015
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-CONTROL-SUEZ-CANAL-AND-YEMEN-1-21-2015/page4
The Iran game (all of it)
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?439024-The-Iran-game-(all-of-it)/page14
EMAILS EXPOSED - US pullout of Yemen so fast, security bypassed
Started by Dennis Olson, Yesterday 06:13 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...US-pullout-of-Yemen-so-fast-security-bypassed
Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries
Started by JohnGaltfla, Today 05:18 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ts-Arms-Training-for-Leftist-Latin-Militaries
China to Develop Non-NATO-Integrated Missile Defense System for Turkey
Started by Possible Impact, Yesterday 06:52 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-Integrated-Missile-Defense-System-for-Turkey
China's leader is telling the People's Liberation Army to prepare for war
Started by China Connection, 02-18-2015 08:40 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...e-People-s-Liberation-Army-to-prepare-for-war
North Korea Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
Started by Housecarl, 02-18-2015 11:26 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ests-New-Submarine-Launched-Ballistic-Missile
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For links see article source.....
Posted for fair use.....
http://www.france24.com/en/20150220-finding-libya-solution-daunting-task-world-experts/
21 February 2015 - 00H05
Finding Libya solution daunting task for world: experts
TRIPOLI (AFP) -
Having balked at Egypt's call for military intervention in Libya, the international community faces a daunting task to find a political solution to the lawless North African country's crisis, analysts say.
Roiled by turmoil ever since the NATO-backed ouster of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, Libya's security has continued to deteriorate, prompting calls for an easing of an arms embargo to help the internationally recognised government regain some control.
The beheading this week of 21 mainly Egyptian Coptic Christians by the Islamic State group sparked Cairo to launch air strikes against the jihadists in Libya and call for an international coalition to hit IS.
But Western and Arab states have flinched at the suggestion of force, and UN envoy Bernardino Leon told the UN Security Council Wednesday that the only cure for Libya's trauma was political.
Claudia Gazzini of the International Crisis Group said a political accord would be "difficult, but not impossible to achieve."
"The international community must stay focused on supporting the dialogue efforts and resist calls to lift the arms embargo," the analyst said.
Libya is awash with weapons and rival militias are battling for control of its cities and oil wealth. It has two rival governments and parliaments, one recognised by the international community and the other with ties to Islamists.
Any additional weapons could strengthen the divisive General Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are fighting Islamist militias in battles that widen the gulf between competing factions.
One UN diplomat said lifting the arms embargo would be tantamount to pouring fuel on the fire.
Mohamed El-Jareh, non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Hariri Centre for the Middle East, said the international community was "running of out of time" to save Libya.
"The threat of Islamic State in Libya is set to increase exponentially," he warned.
Since launching efforts at dialogue in September, Leon has been unable to bring together leading players from rival camps.
The UN envoy's best achievement so far has been to begin "indirect" talks last week between the internationally recognised government and the General National Congress, which is under the leadership of Fajr Libya, a coalition of mainly Islamist militias currently controlling the capital Tripoli.
But observers believe efforts to bridge the gap between the two sides will fail so long as their respective armed factions -- Haftar for the elected government and Fajr Libya for the GNC -- are not at the same table.
- 'Powder keg' -
"It is very difficult, but with dialogue everything is possible," said Libya analyst Khaled al-Hetch.
He sees one solution as "giving Haftar the post that he wants", the supreme leadership of Libya's armed forces, in return for forming a unity government made up of representatives from both sides.
This week a lawmaker party to the talks, Tarek al-Jerouchi, said world leaders wanted their favoured parliament -- exiled in the remote east since Fajr Libya took Tripoli last year -- to remove Haftar from the scene.
It is a demand supported by Ibrahim al-Karaz, political science professor at the University of Tripoli, who said he viewed Haftar as an "obstacle" to a political solution.
Karaz also criticised Egypt for getting involved in the Libyan crisis.
"Egypt and other countries in the region need to stop interfering in Libyan affairs. It is foreign intervention that complicates all political processes," he said.
Analysts said the situation has been further muddied by Libya's rival factions each having its own regional backers. Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are said to support Haftar, with Qatar and Turkey favouring Fajr Libya.
"These countries are setting fire to the powder keg," said Saad Djebbar, a London-based analyst.
"In Libya there is a fight for influence between regions and tribes. Each of them wants to say their piece. The international community needs to reassure each player and make them understand that they all have a place in the new Libya."
© 2015 AFP
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Venezuela: Mayor and politicians being arrested, taken to prison; now prison is on fire
Started by Lilbitsnana, Yesterday 03:14 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...rrested-taken-to-prison-now-prison-is-on-fire
Corruption, falling oil prices and talk of a coup: The end of Chavez's socialist dream
Started by BREWER, Today 04:44 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...of-a-coup-The-end-of-Chavez-s-socialist-dream
Enemy in the Gates - Friday, 02/20/2015
Started by Ragnarok, Today 09:54 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?464157-Enemy-in-the-Gates-Friday-02-20-2015
Main Russia/Ukraine invasion thread - NATO: Russian Tanks and Artillery Enter Ukraine
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ian-Tanks-and-Artillery-Enter-Ukraine/page386
SOMALIA: 2 Hotels attacked; car bombs, gunfire at least 25 dead some Somali Ministers/MPS
Started by Lilbitsnana, Today 02:22 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...re-at-least-25-dead-some-Somali-Ministers-MPS
ISRAEL heating up again... update posts 335/338
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ating-up-again...-update-posts-335-338/page16
Main Islamic State (ISIS) thread
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?451597-Main-Islamic-State-(ISIS)-thread/page59
Italy Prepares for War with ISIS from the South
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-18-2015 05:50 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?464060-Italy-Prepares-for-War-with-ISIS-from-the-South
Intel: ISIS planning attacks on U.S. soil
Started by Ragnarok, 02-17-2015 08:36 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?463999-Intel-ISIS-planning-attacks-on-U.S.-soil/page2
Fort Carson Unit Headed to Possible Showdown with Islamic State
Started by Used Camels, 02-17-2015 01:05 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...eaded-to-Possible-Showdown-with-Islamic-State
US Officials Admit Concern Over Syrian Refugee's - coming into the US
Started by Coulter, 02-18-2015 09:15 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...cern-Over-Syrian-Refugee-s-coming-into-the-US
ISIS in Libya: Overrun Europe with Immigrants and ‘Turn it into Hell’
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-17-2015 09:26 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...urope-with-Immigrants-and-‘Turn-it-into-Hell’
ISIS and Christians
Started by tomsawyer, 02-17-2015 03:47 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?463984-ISIS-and-Christians
White House Summit Features Muslim Leader with Record of Defending Terror Groups
Started by Intestinal Fortitude, 02-17-2015 09:17 PM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...Leader-with-Record-of-Defending-Terror-Groups
BREAKING NEWS: 2 large explosions in central Cairo, #Egypt. (sound bombs? = 2 IEDs)
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ntral-Cairo-Egypt.-(sound-bombs-2-IEDs)/page6
IRAN MOVES TO CONTROL SUEZ CANAL AND YEMEN 1-21-2015
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-CONTROL-SUEZ-CANAL-AND-YEMEN-1-21-2015/page4
The Iran game (all of it)
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?439024-The-Iran-game-(all-of-it)/page14
EMAILS EXPOSED - US pullout of Yemen so fast, security bypassed
Started by Dennis Olson, Yesterday 06:13 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...US-pullout-of-Yemen-so-fast-security-bypassed
Russia Boosts Arms, Training for Leftist Latin Militaries
Started by JohnGaltfla, Today 05:18 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ts-Arms-Training-for-Leftist-Latin-Militaries
China to Develop Non-NATO-Integrated Missile Defense System for Turkey
Started by Possible Impact, Yesterday 06:52 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...-Integrated-Missile-Defense-System-for-Turkey
China's leader is telling the People's Liberation Army to prepare for war
Started by China Connection, 02-18-2015 08:40 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...e-People-s-Liberation-Army-to-prepare-for-war
North Korea Flight Tests New Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
Started by Housecarl, 02-18-2015 11:26 AM
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/show...ests-New-Submarine-Launched-Ballistic-Missile
_____
For links see article source.....
Posted for fair use.....
http://www.france24.com/en/20150220-finding-libya-solution-daunting-task-world-experts/
21 February 2015 - 00H05
Finding Libya solution daunting task for world: experts
TRIPOLI (AFP) -
Having balked at Egypt's call for military intervention in Libya, the international community faces a daunting task to find a political solution to the lawless North African country's crisis, analysts say.
Roiled by turmoil ever since the NATO-backed ouster of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, Libya's security has continued to deteriorate, prompting calls for an easing of an arms embargo to help the internationally recognised government regain some control.
The beheading this week of 21 mainly Egyptian Coptic Christians by the Islamic State group sparked Cairo to launch air strikes against the jihadists in Libya and call for an international coalition to hit IS.
But Western and Arab states have flinched at the suggestion of force, and UN envoy Bernardino Leon told the UN Security Council Wednesday that the only cure for Libya's trauma was political.
Claudia Gazzini of the International Crisis Group said a political accord would be "difficult, but not impossible to achieve."
"The international community must stay focused on supporting the dialogue efforts and resist calls to lift the arms embargo," the analyst said.
Libya is awash with weapons and rival militias are battling for control of its cities and oil wealth. It has two rival governments and parliaments, one recognised by the international community and the other with ties to Islamists.
Any additional weapons could strengthen the divisive General Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are fighting Islamist militias in battles that widen the gulf between competing factions.
One UN diplomat said lifting the arms embargo would be tantamount to pouring fuel on the fire.
Mohamed El-Jareh, non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Hariri Centre for the Middle East, said the international community was "running of out of time" to save Libya.
"The threat of Islamic State in Libya is set to increase exponentially," he warned.
Since launching efforts at dialogue in September, Leon has been unable to bring together leading players from rival camps.
The UN envoy's best achievement so far has been to begin "indirect" talks last week between the internationally recognised government and the General National Congress, which is under the leadership of Fajr Libya, a coalition of mainly Islamist militias currently controlling the capital Tripoli.
But observers believe efforts to bridge the gap between the two sides will fail so long as their respective armed factions -- Haftar for the elected government and Fajr Libya for the GNC -- are not at the same table.
- 'Powder keg' -
"It is very difficult, but with dialogue everything is possible," said Libya analyst Khaled al-Hetch.
He sees one solution as "giving Haftar the post that he wants", the supreme leadership of Libya's armed forces, in return for forming a unity government made up of representatives from both sides.
This week a lawmaker party to the talks, Tarek al-Jerouchi, said world leaders wanted their favoured parliament -- exiled in the remote east since Fajr Libya took Tripoli last year -- to remove Haftar from the scene.
It is a demand supported by Ibrahim al-Karaz, political science professor at the University of Tripoli, who said he viewed Haftar as an "obstacle" to a political solution.
Karaz also criticised Egypt for getting involved in the Libyan crisis.
"Egypt and other countries in the region need to stop interfering in Libyan affairs. It is foreign intervention that complicates all political processes," he said.
Analysts said the situation has been further muddied by Libya's rival factions each having its own regional backers. Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are said to support Haftar, with Qatar and Turkey favouring Fajr Libya.
"These countries are setting fire to the powder keg," said Saad Djebbar, a London-based analyst.
"In Libya there is a fight for influence between regions and tribes. Each of them wants to say their piece. The international community needs to reassure each player and make them understand that they all have a place in the new Libya."
© 2015 AFP
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