To the backdrop of an international PR campaign, recall that 34 members of the "LPDF" voted to empower Fathi Bashaga -and failed spectacularly.
MB-backed Bashaga is one of the architects of the "Operation Dawn" militia alliance that sacked Tripoli in 2014 and onwards. #Libya
MB-backed Bashaga is one of the architects of the "Operation Dawn" militia alliance that sacked Tripoli in 2014 and onwards. #Libya
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryLY/status/1363447803607977985
Further updates:
https://twitter.com/ObservatoryLY/status/1363448385475383297
With "Operation Dawn" capturing #Tripoli+dividing #Libya, this militia alliance armed by #Qatar+#Turkey coerced the toothless GNA to appoint Bashaga as Interior Minister of a UN-recognized gov -illustrating how violent coups translate to political coup.
libyaherald.com/2018/10/08/ser…
libyaherald.com/2018/10/08/ser…
Flashback: "Reminder: Those who claim things are great in Tripoli are most likely to be on Fajir (Dawn) Libya's side," wrote one tweeter. "It isn't great for those who had their homes burnt down or had to flee Fajir (Dawn) #Libya's terror."theguardian.com/world/2014/aug…
March '14: "Libya’s parliament agrees on little, its interim government has no army to enforce security let alone impose its will.."
After #Libya Dawn Coup (Aug '14), elected parliament appoints KH. An army would eventually be rebuilt (ongoing): the LNA
reuters.com/article/us-lib…
After #Libya Dawn Coup (Aug '14), elected parliament appoints KH. An army would eventually be rebuilt (ongoing): the LNA
reuters.com/article/us-lib…
With relentless backing of powerful Islamist regimes of #Turkey+#Qatar, these armed militias continued to hold #Libya hostage, capturing its institutions by force, terrorizing its people+gutting the CBL. By '19, the new Gaddafis gripped the capital: theguardian.com/world/2018/dec…
Deceiving the Obama administration, this was the strategy of #Qatar from the outset of the revolution, cloaking itself under the popular movement against Gaddafi as to ultimately hijack it by arming Islamist extremists -their proxy of ex Afghan Arabs+LIFG. nytimes.com/2012/12/06/wor…
The euphoria of many Libyans-who failed to see the writing on the wall from the outset, naively believing that a regime like #Qatar was actually promoting democracy in other countries while suppressing it at home- quickly soured to anger.See 2 FP articles: foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/30/the…
"The move reflected longstanding grievances expressed by Libya's non-Islamist forces about Qatar's sponsorship of extremists in the war-torn country..while the meddling in #Libya doesn't get a lot of coverage, it remains one of the key grievances.." newsweek.com/qatar-support-…
Meantime KH, who launched "Operation Dignity" to battle "Operation Dawn"+#Libya's special forces (AlSaiqa) tried to defend the parliament+failed. They moved to the East to "second capital" Benghazi where a sister menace likewise armed by QA had established ft.com/content/d6bc14…
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