Hotbed of Terrorism: Post-Gaddafi Libya is Becoming New Daesh Stronghold…(Oh, Great…)
SputnikNews.com
21.12.2015
Due to negligent policies of Western countries Libya is on the verge of being engulfed by terrorism and becoming the new stronghold of Daesh (Islamic State), Olivier d’Auzon wrote for Le Huffington Post.
Daesh currently controls one-fifth of Libya and has between 2,000 and 3,000 active fighters, according to Kader Abderrahim from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a US-based public policy institution.
After the death of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya descended into chaos. Various shades of Islamic extremists and militants took over the country in a free-for-all brawl, forcing members of the former government retreat into the remotes cities of Tobruk and Beida.
The situation in Libya is “without a doubt, one of the main issues during the upcoming months,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, according to Le Huffington Post.
Under such circumstances, Libya, especially the southern part of the country, became the “incubator of terrorism, a place where it’s growing and developing,” said General Jean-Pierre Palasset, who took the command of Operation Barkhane, an ongoing French anti-terrorist operation in Africa’s Sahel region.
“This [the rise of Daesh in Libya] would weaken and destabilize a number of [neighboring] states,” the French general said, as cited by Le Huffington Post.
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