Wednesday, March 12, 2014

US and its allies in Libya

""Similarly, Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, who fought with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, is now on the side of the US...The US is in control of Libya's security sector and is planning to link the country's security to NATO through a number of measures including the deployment of more drones. Today, the US is more concerned about the war on terror in the region than with oil revenues. They left the oil projects to the British and construction and contracting to Turkey....Belhaj does not seem to have enough popularity to win seats in the elections. Although he founded al-Watan party, it failed to gain a single seat in the Libyan National Congress. Libyans are agitated and are calling for early general elections, but the Islamists are opposed to the idea because they are aware of the the magnitude of public discontent against them. The Islamists seem to be closer to the British in their policies and do not object to London's orders..."" (thanks Nu`man)