Libya.

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Murph7355

37,646 posts

255 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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sugerbear said:
Maybe in the hope that he would travel and could then be bought to justice. He could waive that letter in court all day but he could still be prosecuted for the killing.
Unless waving the letter made very senior people in our government look bad.

Why we worry about people who were in govt 20yrs ago I'm not sure...

Something not right here though....I would bet a very, very indirect link to actual "national security"

dudleybloke

19,717 posts

185 months

Thursday 18th May 2017
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Indeed, for some time now the phrase "national security" has been a euphemism for "could embarrass a politician".

King Herald

23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 20th November 2017
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Another great success story of western intervention then. How many times has this happened now?

BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Saturday 6th April 2019
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Things continue to go well in Libya.

“Fears were mounting of renewed civil war in Libya after militias allied to the government in Tripoli captured scores of troops from a powerful rival force, and the UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned that he was ending a visit to the country “deeply concerned”.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/west...

“World powers and the United Nations have condemned fresh fighting in Libya as rebel forces from the east of the country march on the capital.
The G7 group of rich countries urged all parties "to immediately halt all military activity". The UN Security council issued a similar call.
Khalifa Haftar, leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), has ordered the advance on Tripoli.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47835553

Ian Geary

4,462 posts

191 months

Sunday 7th April 2019
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Yet again the UN demonstrates how useless it is, given precisely no-one took heed of it's urgings for peace:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47844513

They should stick to writing reports on the UK's appalling poverty levels.

On a practice note, the People's Front of Libya (or whatever) have support of the UAE and Egypt, so seems like quite a power shift if they pull this off.

It might even be some relief for Italians weary of mass immigration in the longer term, though can't see "training" their"coastguards" being a priority for Libya right now, so numbers might go up in the short term.

Chances of "the west" getting involved? Slim I think. I recall the French led the way last time, but the uk political situation makes action seem less likely than last time, even ignoring how incredibly well things turned out after the last intervention.

It's such a shame some countries just seem to be unable to progress. A bit like a feral kid who has just been brought up badly by its parents...

(Looking at you, Italy and the Ottomans)

BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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Rival militias continue their battle for control of Tripoli.

“Nearly 180 people have died as a result of General Khalifa Haftar’s assault on Tripoli, with at least four civilians killed in a bombardment on the Libyan capital overnight.

More than 800 people have been wounded since the warlord who controls the east of the country began his attempt to seize the city from the UN-recognised government of national accord nearly a fortnight ago.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/17/dead...