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21 Feb, 5 tweets, 4 min read
📽️⚡️#Libya after the LPDF. Clip #4 from my interview with @alsyaaq just dropped.

For further context, see the three articles in the thread below from the @FT, @guardian, and @libyaherald
1) August 2014. "The victory, which secures Islamist control over Tripoli, was a culmination of weeks of fighting triggered by elections in July, lost by Islamist parties." #Libya #OperationDawn #FajrLibya #Coup
theguardian.com/world/2014/aug…
2) 2015: "Publicly, western powers..support the..UN-mediated talks..between the democratically elected government now based in Tubruq+the Islamist and Misurata-backed coalition of militias+political groups that seized control of the capital last August" ft.com/content/d6bc14…
3) "Repetition has created a misleading media narrative+ imposed a perceptual reality that in effect divides Libya. It is pressuring the country’s beleaguered democratisation process to a point where it may be aborted, or worse, push Libya towards par.."
libyaherald.com/2015/04/30/lib…
Bonus Legal Opinions from Maghur:

1) libyaherald.com/2017/12/21/azz…

2) "When Does the Libyan Political Agreement Expire?"
africar3.com/when-does-the-…

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23 Feb
📽️⚡️Clip #6 from my interview with @alsyaaq: How can America help #Libya?

1. Dismantle the militia cartel in the capital. Read more about them here: swp-berlin.org/en/publication…
2. Enforce oversight on CBL
3. Remove all foreign mercenaries
4. Ensure free and fair elections in Dec.
The following is an excellent thread giving but a snapshot of what I like to call the "crime-terror-government nexus" in #Libya and how public funds were used to finance terrorist organizations that terrorized Libyans and the American missions too.
Speaking of #Libya's frozen funds, meet Imaad Zuberi. Only one among many vultures: "What follows is the swampy tale of a man who thought he knew how Washington really worked — and how his dream of becoming a D.C. insider turned into a legal" nightmare." politico.com/news/2021/02/1…
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22 Feb
Bashaga, the "interior minister" who roams around #Tripoli with a convoy of 60 cars (read: personal militia) has been desperate for attention lately.

Next time, perhaps the LPDF's biggest loser can try Tik Tok or the Ice Bucket challenge instead and stop wasting everyone's time
I expect @Reuters to update and correct their article accordingly. Perhaps next time, they can also engage in the old school tradition of fact-checking before serving as an amplifier for the delusions of a corrupt politician who has a record of lies as long as his convoy. #Libya
While this latest proliferation of fake news is a damning testimony on how GNA figures have long and comfortably relied on outlets and hacks to regurgitate their lies, I can't help but find this particular piece of theatre to be absolutely comic:
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21 Feb
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
Further updates:
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…
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19 Feb
Al Jazeera is that you?

The @nytimes spectacular descent to becoming premium fish-wrapping paper as told in many parts:
Surprise, surprise.

Indeed, in the past few yrs, @NYT has proven itself so diligent+reliable in publishing such transparent pieces of propaganda at the expense of its reputation that the Qatari state channel @AlJazeera has just announced it struck a deal axios.com/al-jazeera-lic…
Highlights from @nytimes's crash: "New York Times opinion contributor..arrested earlier this month and charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the Iranian government acknowledges that he was paid by the Iranian mission.."
algemeiner.com/2021/01/25/new…
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7 Feb
Context: They kept their embassy open to arm and assist the Islamist Operation Dawn militia alliance that staged a violent coup in 2014 that forced the parliament and all other embassies to leave, organize weapons and mercenary trafficking and of course, the occupation of #Libya.
Indeed, not only did he grant Libyans the right to "travel freely", he also enabled domestic and international terrorists to travel freely and created a notorious Jihadi Highway between #Syria and #Libya. africanexus.org/libya/fuel-fac…
Flashback to "Operation Dawn," the #Turkey and #Qatar backed Islamist militias that overtook the American embassy and began its reigh of terror in #Libya. Bashaga -along with Sadiq Ghartiani and Salah Badi -was one of the architects of this coup. bbc.com/news/av/world-…
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1 Feb
The Corruption Cooperative

Along with Badi (UNSC war criminal)+Ghariani (banned from UK), Bashaga was one of the architects of Operation Dawn that invaded Tripoli in '14 following loss of elex by Islamists. For her part, SW packed the LPDF with Islamists to rig the vote. #Libya
"It is seen as a naked piece of political concession by Serraj to the city of Misrata and its hard-core elements. Bashagha..was a supporter of the Libya Dawn Tripoli militia coup of 2014 which has led to the current political split of #Libya." libyaherald.com/2018/10/08/ser…
Backed by militia, Bashaga forced his appointment by the toothless and already expired GNA. And when he was suspended last fall following the machine gunning of protesting civilians by militias, that is exactly how he returned to his ill-acquired post. reuters.com/article/uk-lib…
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