Libya

NewRoxFan · Apr 24, 2019

So... we are supporting a Libyan strongman against UN-supported government?

Trump finds a new strongman friend in Libya

And so, last week, Mr Trump contacted Khalifa Haftar, the strongman who controls eastern Libya and has launched an offensive on Tripoli to overthrow a UN-recognised government. The US president all but endorsed the Haftar assault. Never mind that the US has been in favour of a UN-mediated national conference to try to overcome the divisions that have plagued Libya since the 2011 overthrow of the dictator Muammer Gaddafi. Or that Mr Trump has now positioned the US on the side of Russia and joined it in blocking a British-backed UN resolution calling for a ceasefire. Or that the state department had earlier stuck to the US line and condemned the Haftar onslaught.
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https://www.ft.com/content/8d16ef04-65a9-11e9-a79d-04f350474d62

Trump Backed Libyan Strongman’s Attack on Tripoli, U.S. Officials Say

President Donald Trump indicated in a phone call with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar last week that the U.S. supported an assault on the country’s capital to depose its United Nations-backed government, according to American officials familiar with the matter. An earlier call from White House National Security Adviser John Bolton also left Haftar with the impression of a U.S. green light for an offensive on Tripoli by his forces, known as the Libyan National Army, according to three diplomats.
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Trump’s April 15 call with Haftar, whom the White House addresses by the title “Field Marshal,” was publicly announced on Friday. The revelation that the U.S. president had tacitly recognized Haftar as an authority figure in Libya abruptly undermined the country’s internationally-recognized government led by Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj. Trump’s conversation with Haftar took place after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the U.S. president on April 9 and urged him to back Haftar, according to two people familiar with the matter. Trump also spoke with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a Haftar supporter, the day before the White House issued the statement acknowledging the call with Haftar.
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The White House statement said that Trump discussed “ongoing counterterrorism efforts” and “recognized Field Marshal Haftar’s significant role in fighting terrorism and securing Libya’s oil resources.” On Wednesday, after publication of this story, a White House spokesman who declined to be identified, said the characterization of the phone calls between Haftar and Trump and Bolton was inaccurate. He didn’t elaborate.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-24/trump-libya-haftar-tripoli

FranchiseBlade · Apr 24, 2019

NewRoxFan said: ↑

So... we are supporting a Libyan strongman against UN-supported government?

Trump finds a new strongman friend in Libya

https://www.ft.com/content/8d16ef04-65a9-11e9-a79d-04f350474d62

Trump Backed Libyan Strongman’s Attack on Tripoli, U.S. Officials Say

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-24/trump-libya-haftar-tripoli
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I wish that this was a surprise.

Nook · Apr 24, 2019

We should have stayed out of Libya. All we did is make the area even less stable.

US foreign policy in someways sucks because it is changing every 4-12 years. There is no method to the madness.

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