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11 Jun, 3 tweets, 4 min read
Having turned #Libya's capital into an Islamist gangsters' paradise with the support of the regimes in #Turkey and #Qatar, #Tripoli's militia cartel and warlords began fighting each other again in the early hours of this morning.

Death toll so far: 7. Latest⬇️
The #Turkey-#Qatar axis sent over15,000 mercs from the #Syria|n National Army and cargo after cargo of weapons to protect their proxy cartel when the Libyan army launched an unsuccesful offensive in April 2019 to free the capital from their militia tyranny theguardian.com/world/2018/dec…
May 27, 2021 AFP report: "Abdallah said burglaries, sex trafficking and kidnappings committed by Syrian mercenaries were reported in #Libya."
Sexual assault on Libyan women by #Qatar-#Turkey's mercs also reported by AFRICOM as early as September 2020.
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1 Jun
Thread. Last night I joined @business's @AsharqNews's program to discuss #Turkey's FM visit to #Greece and whether diplomatic overtures can be taken seriously without concrete actions to back it up. Segment begins 51 min on. In Arabic, so key points below now.asharq.com/program/4/%D8%…
1. Between 2009 and 2019, Turkey carried out 450 overhead flights over Greek territory. In 2020 alone, that number was over 400, showing a drastic escalation of provocations.
2. Turkey is currently transferring attack drones to its base in Northern Cyprus, upgraded Bayraktar-TB2s which have a range of over 100 miles, i.e. placing Greece, Egypt, Gaza and Israel in range. In 2019, this base began housing research drones.
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29 May
Tip: When the word "warlord" is used to smear a government official appointed to his post by the only internationally recognized, democratically elected parliament of #Libya, it's a pretty good sign that the rest of the article will also contain other Islamist propaganda and lies
1/2) Patient X of Libya related fake news: Both terrorist orgs such as Al-Qaeda+Qatari-funded outlets first used the term "warlord," "Kafir,"+"Zionist" (classic) to smear Haftar, appointed by the parliament to combat #Libya's terrorist and militia problem and restore sovereignty.
2/2) Fake news first planted in Qatari funded outlets, including AJ, are then picked up by "copy+paste" Western press, think tank, institutions funded by Qatar and disseminated by powerful agencies such as Mercury, also funded by #Qatar. [cont]
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27 May
⚡️Another Libyan woman takes a powerful stand against spoilers in the LPDF attempting to defraud #Libya|ns of elections.

First violent coup by Islamists took place in 2014 when their parties lost elex.

Williams packed them in the LPDF to give them a backdoor for a soft coup.
"The victory, which secures Islamist control over Tripoli, was a culmination of weeks of fighting triggered by elections in July, lost by Islamist parties. Rather than accept the elections result Islamist leaders in #Libya accused the new parliament.." theguardian.com/world/2014/aug…
#Libya Contexts:"Misrata is the stronghold of Islamist militias. Their support has come mainly from the two strongest blocs in the GNC: the Muslim Brotherhood and the so-called Loyalty to Martyrs. These two blocs used threats and outright force to pass..." huffpost.com/entry/libya-th…
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19 Mar
#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"
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#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…
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2 Mar
"For centuries, local kings held a monopoly on the plant, which made the city of Cyrene, at modern Shahhat, #Libya, the richest in Africa. Before they gave it away to the Romans, the Greek inhabitants even put it on their money..." bbc.com/future/article…
"Julius Caesar went so far as to store a cache (1,500lbs or 680kg) in the official treasury.

But today, silphium has vanished – possibly just from the region, possibly from our planet altogether."
"Legend has it that silphium was first discovered after a “black” rain swept across the east coast of #Libya over two and a half millennia ago. From then onwards, the herb spread its broad roots ever further, growing luxuriantly on lush hillsides and forest meadows."
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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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