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February 2nd, 2016 
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nsnbc : Diplomats from 23 nations convened in Rome on Tuesday to discuss how to fight the Islamic State in Libya and prevent that oil resources fall into the hands of extremists. A military intervention is being discussed. At the African Union summit in Addis Ababa the Union warned against a military intervention and stressed the need to push for a political solution to stabilize the country.
Diplomats from 23 member States of the US-led “coalition against Islamic State” convened in the Italian capital Rome on Tuesday. The States are largely identical with those who backed and conducted the military intervention in 2011, that led to the ousting of the Libyan government and the descend of the country into chaos.
The fall of the Libyan government came when NATO and GCC member States overstepped the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (2011) that allowed for the implementation of a no fly zone. Instead, the participants acted as de facto air force and special operations forces for Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda associated insurgencies including the Al-Qaeda linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).
Abdelhakim Belhadh, Afghanistan Al-Qaeda veteran and leader of the Al-Qaeda linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group made Chief of the Tripoli Military Council after the NATO-led coalitions campaign in 2011.
Speaking at the 23-nation conference in Rome, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned that “the last thing anyone wants is a false Caliphate with access to billions of dollars in oil revenue”.
Kerry asked the United States European and Arab “partners” to increase security training and to help the Libyan military not merely to clear territory but to create a safe environment for the government to stand and operate.
The Libyan military Kerry mentioned is not recognized throughout Libya and by the international community at large. The de facto situation is that “a” military, based in Tripoli and supported by the United States and some of its “partners” is one of a cohort of competing factions.
Last week U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter warned the Islamic State (ISIS / ISIL / Daesh) militants were consolidating their footprint in Libya by setting up training sites, drawing in foreign recruits and using levers of economic power to raise money through taxes.
Carter added that the U.S. won’t allow the group to sink roots in Libya. Although a military campaign was being discussed, Carter didn’t provide any direct indication of any U.S. military campaign was imminent.
Re-Colonizing Libya with a Peace Keeping Mission
General Khalifa Heftar resident in Langley, Virginia, before his return to Libya after the U.L. led military campaign in 2011.
The U.S.-led coalition is, however, considering a “peace keeping mission” that would have to be authorized by the United Nations. Italy, with its coast no more than 300 kilometers from Libya and a former colonizer of Libya is among those who proposed a UN-authorized “peace keeping mission”.
Italy has already moved aircraft to a base in Sicily even though it insists that any peace keeping mission would first require a stable Libyan government. Among the most difficult issues for Libyans with regard to the establishment of a National Unity Government is the involvement of former LIFG (Al-Qaeda) leader Abdelhakim Belhadj and General Khalifa Heftar (Hifter / Hefter etc..).
Both of them have close, documented ties to the CIA and MI6 and both played crucial roles in the 2011 war that led to the chaos in Libya. A member of Libya’s Presidency Council walked out of a session in protest of a meeting between premier-designate Faiez Serraj’s Marj with armed forces commander-in-chief Khalifa Heftar and Saturday.
Both Britain and France also voiced their support for a “peace keeping mission” in Libya, provided that there was a stable government to cooperate with. A senior U.S. official who attended Tuesday’s meeting in Rome told the press: “when we see a threat to the United States or external plotting, we will not hesitate to act upon that threat.” He added that any broader campaign would require talks with coalition partners and the Libyans. He added that the United States’ National Security Council focused on the issue last week.
African Union warns against Military Solution
During the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa last week, the AU stressed that the time is not right for a military solution in Libya. The AU appointed a new task force made up of five heads of state to push the political process and the formation of a Government of National Accord.
The AU stressed that it was gravely concerned about the self-proclaimed Islamic State as it was gaining ground in Libya. The heads of state in the new Libya Task Force have not yet been named. The AU appointed a new special envoy to Libya. Former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete is replacing Djibuti premier, Dileita Mohamed Dileita.
The African Union’s statement and initiatives on Libya followed a meeting between UNSMIL Chief Martin Kobler and the African Union’s Libya Contact Group. Kobler attempted to lobby the AU to play a bigger role in Libya, because it was not only an Arab country but also an African country. Kobler also noted that terrorist cells in the south of Libya could overflow into Niger and Chad.
CH/L – nsnbc 02.02.2016
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