Thread by @burweila

#Libya's Capital Under GNA, 2017:

"Chanting in unison, protesters called for a strong army and police to end militia rule. As nerves lay bare, divisive political slogans and insults drew the ire of gunmen, who dispersed the crowd with gunshots." middleeasteye.net/news/how-armed…

#Libya's Capital Under GNA, '20: "Instead of reining in abusive, unaccountable militias+armed groups, the GNA has been relying on them for security, law enforcement and fighting its rivals...impunity only perpetuate the suffering of civilians in #Libya"
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

#Libya Dec '18, 3 months before the army's offensive to free the capital of #Turkey-#Qatar's local militias who staged a violent coup against the elected parliament in 2014 and were later co-opted by the GNA so that they may plunder the banks together: theguardian.com/world/2018/dec…

#Libya's Capital in 2013: The militias responsible for the massacre described below are the same "GNA forces" that commentators loyal to #Turkey and #Qatar refer to. Rather than fulfill their duty and combat them per the LPA, the GNA co-opted them.
middleeasteye.net/features/massa…

Of course, even a layman would ask, how is it that an interim gov brokered by the UN for the specific purpose of dismantling militias have any "forces" to begin with? In short: a foreign appointed entity by nature will serve foreign aims-with catastrophic consequences for locals.

The articles above adress the elephant in the room and the crux of the #Libya conflict: The circumvention/denial of democracy, legitimacy, security, institutionalization of corruption and the usurpation of Libyan sovereignty by predatory Islamist states and their local proxies.