Posted on 02/27/2015 11:34:55 AM PST by Citizen Zed
More than 25,000 Egyptians have returned from neighbouring Libya since the IS group posted a video earlier this month of the beheadings of Christian compatriots, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
Also on Friday, Libya's internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni threatened new air strikes with Egypt against the IS group in his country, warning that the militants were poised to widen their presence there.
Al Thinni also said that his government would stop dealing with Turkey as it was sending weapons to a rival group in Tripoli so "the Libyan people kill each other", ramping up his rhetoric against Ankara.
The foreign ministry said 21,407 Egyptians had returned overland through the Sallum border crossing, while another 4,122 had crossed into Tunisia, from where they were flown home on government-chartered flights.
There are no firm figures for the number of Egyptians working in Libya but estimates run into the hundreds of thousands.
Al Thinii was referring to February 16 air strikes on the IS stronghold of Derna after the group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, mostly Egyptians.
Al Thinni was speaking to journalists after meeting Egyptian officials to discuss the security situation in Libya, where IS has recently gained a foothold among the many forces vying for control of the North African nation.
Following this month's air strikes, in which Libyan forces also took part, Cairo called for international intervention against IS but that appeal was met with reticence by world powers.
But Al Thinni made it clear that his government and Egypt would act on their own if need be, and reiterated a call for his government to be supplied with arms.
"Any time there is a danger and threat, there will be air strikes, in coordination between Egypt and Libya," he said.
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Don’t come here, it won’t be any better. No place to run to anymore. Thank Obama!
Any time there is a danger and threat, there will be air strikes, in coordination between Egypt and Libya,” he said.
Hey Obama!!!...Take some notes you damn idiot!
Hmmm ... maybe if we turned 21 illegals over to the jihadis while telling the jihadis they were devout Christians (or Jews) ...
Libya is a giant CF of Obozo’s doing.
It won’t matter when ISIS comes full force to Egypt (and I mean from within the Egyptian population, not flooding in from outside).
They need to become battle ready for when this occurs.
Why? This is their problem and they are working on it ... as they should.
Egyptians often work on the local farms. I wonder if this will lead to a food shortage, or will they just import more workers from Black Africa?
Libya is complicated even more because it is a tribal war.
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