[ April 25, 2024 ]
Our ambassador Christopher Stevens was murdered along with his team. But that was just the beginning of Hillary and Obama’s horror. The leader of the “rebellion,” Khalifa Haftar, lived in exile in the U.S. for two decades before returning to Libya during the 2011 rebellion. Thanks to BHO.
U.S. Removes Troops From Libya Amid Fighting in Capital
American military leaves as country stands on precipice of civil war, battle for Tripoli continues with airstrikes
A member of Libyan National Army, commanded by Gen. Khalifa Haftar, heads out of Benghazi to reinforce the troops advancing to Tripoli on April 7.
By: Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2019:
Footage of U.S Africa command personnel being evacuated from Libya to a U.S navy ship in the Mediterranean this morning #Libya #Tripoli pic.twitter.com/BsuMo9PbPC
— CNW (@ConflictsW) April 7, 2019
CAIRO—The U.S. military said it pulled a small contingent of American forces from Libya as the country teetered on the brink of full-scale civil war, with fighting continuing around the capital Tripoli.
The evacuation is the latest turn in a troubled history of American military involvement in Libya, which has been in turmoil since the overthrow of Moammar Ghadafi in an armed uprising supported by North Atlantic Treaty Organization airstrikes in 2011. U.S. forces have also played a key role in uprooting Islamic State, which gained a foothold in Libya in the chaos that ensued after the Arab Spring.
Citing the ability of U.S. forces to “flex where required” in Libya, Col. Christopher Karns, a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command, confirmed the departure from Tripoli. “Security conditions in pockets of the country have declined,” Mr. Karns said, declining to provide details on where the contingent is headed. “It is important various terror affiliated groups, such as ISIS, don’t have an exact map of our whereabouts,” he said, referring to Islamic State.
Sunday’s decision affects an unspecified number of American troops stationed in Libya to provide support to diplomatic missions and carry out counterterrorism and other activities, military officials said. Military officials said the declining security situation warranted their removal.
A rogue Libyan military commander, Gen. Khalifa Haftar, ordered his forces to attack Tripoli on Thursday in an offensive against an internationally recognized government based in the capital. The fighting continued over the weekend as both sides launched airstrikes, each making use of the small number of military aircraft in their possession.
“The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable,” said Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, commander of Africom, which is based in Germany. The command said the decision was temporary, but didn’t specify a timetable for troops to return.
In response to The Wall Street Journal, an Africom spokesman declined to say whether other U.S. forces remained in the country. “We will continue to monitor conditions on the ground in Libya, and assess the feasibility for renewed U.S. military presence, as appropriate,” spokesman Nathan Herring said.
Libya has been torn by political strife and war since Gadhafi’s death. The country is split between two rival governments: the Government of National Accord based in Tripoli that is recognized by the international community, and one based in the east allied with Mr. Haftar and his Libyan National Army.
Mr. Haftar’s attack has crushed hopes for a negotiated solution in the near term, sending rival forces scrambling to defend the capital. By Sunday, there was no sign Mr. Haftar’s forces had made significant advances in the Tripoli region, raising fears of a long battle for the capital.
The United Nations mission in Libya called for a cease-fire south of Tripoli in order to allow for the evacuation of civilians and wounded people, while the U.S. has warned Mr. Haftar to stop his offensive.
“The Administration at the highest levels has made clear its deep concern about fighting near Tripoli,” a senior State Department official said, adding, “The United States opposes the military offensive by Khalifa Haftar’s forces and urges the immediate halt to all military operations against Tripoli, and return to status quo positions.”
The U.S. has in recent years worked with the GNA in Tripoli as part of the global campaign against Islamic State and other extremist groups.
In 2016, the U.S. launched some 500 airstrikes in support of the GNA in a military operation that dislodged Islamic State from the city of Sirte, then the group’s most prized piece of territory outside of Iraq and Syria.
Libya’s fertile ground for Islamic State was highlighted in 2017 when a Libyan member of the radical group blew himself up at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, killing 22 people.
Libya’s slide into chaos has also transformed the country into a route for migrants trying to reach Europe, although the number of migrants reaching the continent by sea has plummeted recently because of a crackdown led by Italy.
A former army commander under Gadhafi, Mr. Haftar turned against the dictator in the 1980s. He lived in exile in the U.S. for two decades before returning to Libya during the 2011 rebellion.
From a redoubt in eastern Libya, Mr. Haftar declared a unilateral military operation in 2014 aimed at stamping out what he calls terrorists, a term his critics say has been used to paint a broad swath of the people and forces opposing him.
While his forces have restored calm to some of the areas under his control, his campaign has at times contributed to the chaos where groups like Islamic State have thrived.
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51 Comments
5 years ago
Thanks for the information, minted; my first words are (censored) but holy crap, I suspected a lot but not copious Muslims in public office. How do I feel, utterly (censored)! Wow, I am gobsmacked and banging my head against the wall.
5 years ago
Live from[ Little Mogadishu ] Minneapolis MN ….When the Hildabeast killed Qaddafi …and the US Ambassador…Libya was turned over to the Moooslime Brotherhood…HAMAS…plus the House of Saud has a little slice….Bloodbath is the result….
5 years ago
Best ive seen in years…This is exactly how ISLAMMM plans to make USA Sharia compliant in the next 5 to 7 years…they are moving at light speed..Omar is the tip of the spear…she is most dangerous…
2019 will be a banner year for ISLAMMMM…Dr. Bill Warner has some of the best video and books on the MOOOSLIME advances Globally…Semper-Fi…..Let freedom ring from the end of a gun barrel .
5 years ago
Reply to
Trident
Members of the 72 Virgins Dating Service are making lists and checking them twice for when the Muslims try.
5 years ago
Reply to
Navy_Vet
They are in hell. These people are so evil. Hill and Obama and the rest of them will join them for eternity when their time comes. They are too far gone to turn around. I keep telling myself that God will serve perfect justice and that saves my sanity. I can’t imagine LYING to parents and loved ones of those murdered in this pre-planned attack. There was no reason why they should have happened.
5 years ago
Reply to
Navy_Vet
Actually it is one syphilitic ram for every seventy two islamites. MoHamnmud said so, yup.
4 years ago
Reply to
Trident
my list of palestinians running south american governments got removed as spam…
5 years ago
Remember Qaddafi …
If Trump supports any side … the Demokkkrats will kill him the next time they get the chance.
So our involvement is a lose-lose proposition until we defeat our own “terrorists.”
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Yeah, it’s probably beyond the SS’s ability to check out more than a handful of the credible ones.
Have a great week felix!
5 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
”Kilt by a X clintoon’
from “Kilt by a X bear”, carved into an oak tree on the south side of the Grapevine, old Ca hwy99.
5 years ago
Reply to
aebe
It’s interstate 5 that goes over the Grapevine and has been for a long, long, long time. I’ve never even heard of hwy. 99. I had thought Coast Hwy. and the 5 were the only major North-South highways/freeways in Caliphornia?
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Hwy99 and the 5 diverge after getting to the San Joaquin Valley. 99 goes from town to town up the east side of the Valley, runs north to Redding.
Don’t forget 395! And the shortest highway in the state runs between hwys 70 and 99 between Oroville and Chico. Have forgotten the number.
5 years ago
Reply to
aebe
I think I vaguely remember the 99-5 interchange up by Bakersfield.
The 395 is way up N. Anything N. of Santa Barbara is way up North for me.
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
395 runs from the Mexican up to the Canadian border. I’ve walked all but the bit between San Diego and Tijuana. Much more scenic than going up the Valley.
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
I-15 runs right over the top of it from San Diego to Victorville. 395 continues north, past Bodie and Reno, through Colville to the Canadian border.
5 years ago
Reply to
aebe
What branch of the service were you in during the Vietnam War? Were you an officer? Thanks for your service aebe.
5 years ago
”Isis??….it’s a JV team”
(Obomit)
5 years ago
CXKN
Barry Soetoro has done more to destroy this country than any other entity.
YET
The smellocrat party and the MSM granted him FREE access to do so !
Without extreme reactionary measures,
We will live with the Obaman legacy for a long time.
Always remember
The MSM made this possible and the MSM still
Protects George Soros to this day.
5 years ago
Obama tried to give the middle east countries to the muslim brotherhood using our military as the catalyst. He should have been sentenced to death by Egypt for his overthrow of their country.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I wonder if the Coptic Christians agree w/that evaluation? Because for them it seems to be a case of meet the new caliph same as the old caliph.
5 years ago
Muslims killing Muslims instead of us. Someone please explain why I should care…
5 years ago
Reply to
MAS
It’s like crying for the SA when the SS eliminated them and their leader.
Personally, I couldn’t care less if inter-muslum wars went on forever.
5 years ago
Reply to
aebe
LOL, great reference:
There once were two cats of Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many,
So they fought and they fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren’t any.
5 years ago
A civil war among muslums? Again? Yawn…..
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
More “refugees” will head to the EU. Merkel wants more and so does Sweden.
Let them have all the Muslims they want.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I imagine Northwestern Eurapia will become the enemies of the free world soon enough — just like their muslum “allies”.
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
Getting their nuclear and the rest of Europe’s military capability eliminated will be a problem, unless creatures such as Merkel are removed.
It is past time to begin squarshing muslim nations with nukes, North Korea ought to be finished also, something that China and Russia need to do.
5 years ago
Reply to
aebe
The General Curtis LeMay solution sounds good, but there are just as many enemies to freedom in the dying atheist West as in the muslum world.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
I’m sure we’ll get our portion as well. Even if Libya is in a group included in the “travel ban”. One way or another
5 years ago
Reply to
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
But the winners will be better armed and skilled at the end, and ready to bring ruin to more.
5 years ago
FINALLY !!
An Obama era legacy foul-up I can appreciate !!
Muslims busy killing fellow Muslims, is GOOD for the World !!
5 years ago
The Middle East and anywhere else the Arabs had their influence on has never really known peace.
5 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
A number of trade routes pass through there, and there has always been war. But the 1300 year war that islam began has shattered civilisations and is still doing so.
5 years ago
Obama and Hillary helped set the stage for Benghazi to happen. While they are not directly responsible it’s still more blood on their hands.
5 years ago
Those pictures of Ambassador Stevens? I wish they were pictures of obama.
Hillaryous should be shown hanged with feces and urine coming out of her pants leg. These two Demoncraps have committed far more treason on this nation then you can expect.
Might as well make them pay while alive. Their treason might cause you to lose your next war and kill millions of you.
5 years ago
Just keep in mind that Qadafhi had already given up his nuclear arsenal and switched his allegiance to us before then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted on the coup that took him out, with Obhammud’s full approval.
Did you hear about the “Hillary Special” at KFC? Two small breasts and two large thighs.
5 years ago
Reply to
Drew the Infidel
Don’t forget who welcomed home the islamite who blew up an airplane over Scotland.
5 years ago
Europe is already up to their hip boots with refugees, and we see Obama and Merkel being lovey dovey! Wonder if the Europeans will ever figure out the damage that the team of Obama-Hillary-Soros have done to that continent?
5 years ago
This is also part of that idiot’s legacy https://thegreatarchitect.blog/2019/03/26/how-come-muslims-have-gotten-a-foothold-in-our-society/
Thank you, Mr. Obama, for making the world a much more dangerous place to live in!!
5 years ago
Muslims killing muslims? What, exactly is the problem?
5 years ago
Why have any Libyan forces been allowed to keep any sort of air force?
Validate your 2nd Amendment Rights and Carry!
