Posted on 08/25/2014 9:05:39 PM PDT by Steelfish
Libyan Capital Under Islamist Control After Tripoli Airport Seized Operation Dawn captures airport in fierce fighting against pro-government militias after five-week siege in the capital
Chris Stephen, and Anne Penketh 24 August 2014 12.07 EDT
Libya has lurched ever closer to fragmentation and civil war this weekend after Islamist-led militias seized the airport in the capital, Tripoli, proclaimed their own government, and presented the world with yet another crisis.
Operation Dawn, a coalition of Islamist and Misrata forces, captured the airport on Saturday in fierce fighting against pro-government militias after a five-week siege that battered parts of the capital.
Television images from the scene showed jubilant, bearded, militias dancing on wrecked airliners, firing machine guns in the air and chanting "Allah O Akbar" ("God is great").
On Sunday, they set airport buildings ablaze, apparently intending to destroy rather than hold the site.
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Not one word from Obama. This is the outcome he wants.
Arab Spring!
Not leading from behind since he is not a leader but a community organizer who speaks for the organization that is leading from behind closed doors. He is a reader, not a leader.
All of this can be put together to get a comprehensive picture. Libya, Nigeria, Syria and Iraq have similar religious/political aspects that lead to the establishment of a global Caliphate. Add Yemen, Somalia, Turkey, Gaza and Lebanon to get the larger picture. The junior varsity has done quite a job.
Now aren’t we glad that Obama engineered the downfall of Gaddafi and restored the right to self-government to the Libyans.
Yet another Obama foreign-affairs triumph.
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