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Aya Burweila
@burweila
Analyst | Professor | Host of Welcome to the Jungle for https://t.co/w6hGpEFxIA | Arguments Welcome | Any resemblance to a Greek Goddess is purely coincidental
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Jan 10, 2023 • 15 tweets • 8 min read
Thread on the curious manner by which @Reuters chose to cover the decision issued by the Tripoli Appeals Court which explicitly prohibits the interim GNU from entering any agreements pertaining to #Libya's sovereignty and strategic assets. reuters.com/business/energ… 1/-) Omissions: 1. "Tripoli government" is an interim and expired government. Full contents of Hydrocarbon MOU publicly accessible since Oct 6 and yet there is no reference to its full contents or a link to the primary source despite being crucial context for today's decision.
Dec 13, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
1/?) Link to my latest interview with @business/@AsharqNews: asharq.co/2zjam

We cover the Paris-Athens deal to purchase three Belharra frigates from #France and the U.S. counter offer. 2) Long story short: U.S. was too late, too expensive but Greece maintains excellent military relations with both countries and these purchases cannot be seen through a zero-sum lens. (To be continued..⬇️)
Dec 11, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Speaking Volumes: Ghariani, based in Istanbul after being kicked out of the UK, supports Dbeiba coup.

On Manchester bomber's dad: "His father also showed support for an imam in #Libya called Sadiq Al-Ghariani, who had "authorised" suicide attacks.."
news.sky.com/story/manchest… Not the first coup Ghariani has supported. Remember Operation Dawn that plunged #Libya into the abyss, midwifed its divide and turned Tripoli into a gangster's paradise. Fun Fact: Bashaga was co-supporter along with UNSC sanctioned war criminal Salah Badi.
theguardian.com/world/2014/aug…
Dec 9, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
⬇️@DanishMFA this is deeply concerning and offensive to Libyans and all victims of terrorism from Benghazi, to Manchester, to New York to Raqqa.

Due to endemic corruption and lack of democracy in #Libya, we do not choose our government, who in turn choose representatvies abroad
Sep 23, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
1/2) There's also the Arab Barometer Report for #Libya. Field period was 19 Jan 2019 to 11 April 2019

Ongoing militia rule in capital, shared hostility towards Misrata in Benghazi+Tripoli, Turkish occupation and influx of Syrian mercenaries may even have driven numbers upwards. 2/2) Report: arabbarometer.org/wp-content/upl…

2. Misrata is #Libya's Islamist stronghold. Coalition of Misratan Islamist militias "Operation Dawn" invaded Tripoli in '14 following loss of elex. Even prior receiving support from the GNC, TU+QA, funneling arms+fighters to Benghazi/East
Jun 30, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
⚡️Thread

Reports yesterday revealed that Giuliani is now facing a 2nd gov investigation for alleged lobbying on behalf of #Turkey -sanctioned by the U.S for #Russia|n S-400s purchases.

More on Guiliani's work for Turkey's ally #Qatar and others⬇️2015:
foreignpolicy.com/2015/02/23/rud… 2016: "#Qatar is a U.S. ally that hosts a major American military base but once stifled an attempt to arrest Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, who went on to mastermind the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the 9/11 commission report."
politico.com/story/2016/11/…
Jun 1, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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.
May 29, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
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.
May 27, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
⚡️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…
Mar 19, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
#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…
Mar 2, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"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."
Feb 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
📽️⚡️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.
Feb 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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
Feb 21, 2021 • 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…
Feb 21, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
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:
Feb 7, 2021 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
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…
Feb 1, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
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…
Dec 30, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I believe it was not long ago we'd read shrill and deranged drivel on the threat of Madkhalis! in #Libya's east. Except these red herring merchants got the side completely wrong and appeared to have been projecting #Tripoli onto #Benghazi. No small feat. A few months ago, #Libya's own fledgling franchise of the Taliban passed draconian measures against women in Tripoli-greeted with a heroic silence by Libyan self-styled feminists and human rights *activists based abroad. almarsad.co/en/2020/09/20/…
Nov 9, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
For context, also read @FightExtremism's reports to learn about the Muslim Brotherhood's country-specific operations and activities, the extremist group’s origins and ideology, and its relationship to terrorist movements operating today.

▶️Link: counterextremism.com/muslim-brother… Also read Lorenzo Vidino's book "The Closed Circle: Joining and Leaving the Muslim Brotherhood in the West" (March 2020) cup.columbia.edu/book/the-close…
Oct 29, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Thread. Decades of non-Muslims carrying the water for Islamist extremists whose primary victims are Muslims.

More insidiously, such obscurantists conflate Islamism with Islam -directly tarnishing the faith and stoking Islamophobia- while camoflaging Islamists in the West. Oct 2020: Aside the "copy and paste" journalism on display below, this is the grossly misleading headlines reporting on the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty. These are two major mainstream outlets - not fringe alternative media, Al Jazeera or satire site.
Aug 2, 2020 • 9 tweets • 9 min read
⬇️Thread. Ref @ClaudiaGazzini quote. In reality, HOR/LNA has no issue with revenue sharing but w/ plundering of CBL by #Turkey-backed militias. LNA twice freed the oil crescent from militias and handed its control to #Libya's NOC @mck_beth @patrickwintour
theguardian.com/world/2020/aug… 1) 2016: Jadhran who for years controlled the terminals and blocked exports was forced out by the LNA.
2018: Jadhran (terror org Benghazi Defense Brigades loyal to S. Ghariani who is banned from UK+Istanbul based) attack Ras Lanuf, LNA recaptures.#Libya
france24.com/en/20180621-li…