Libya and nearby area is now a great spot for Al-Qaeda and other terrorists

[Dr.Drock]

ANALYSIS-Libya's war upsets the neighbours | News by Country | Reuters

"The Sahelo-Saharan strip is already insecure, with the activities of terrorists and drug traffickers. Now we seeing the return of young men with no source of employment but who know how to handle weapons," said Ahmet Haidara, a parliamentarian in Niger's north, told Reuters.

"We didn't want this war but now we have to deal as best we can with the negative consequences," said Haidara, who heads a Tuareg committee in contact with Libya's new National Transitional Council rulers.


INFLUX OF ARMS

Aside from arms coming back with the Tuaregs, governments in the region believe trafficked weapons from Libya have fallen into the hands of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) allies behind a series of kidnappings of Westerners and other crime.

"Businesses operating in the region will face increased criminality and insecurity in the coming months as a result of the influx of arms and armed individuals or groups," forecast Roddy Barclay, Africa analyst at London-based Control Risks



So just like in Afghanistan, you can bet in a decade or 2 if not sooner you'll be seeing the U.S. at war with terrorists in the area shooting at us with weapons we gave them during the current War in Libya.

 

[waltky]

Islamists gonna take over - Libya Unveils Plans For Islamic Law...

Libya's liberation: interim ruler unveils more radical than expected plans for Islamic law
23 Oct 2011 - Libya's interim leader outlined more radical plans to introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official liberation of the country.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its "basic source". But that formulation can be interpreted in many ways - it was also the basis of Egypt's largely secular constitution under President Hosni Mubarak, and remains so after his fall.

Mr Abdul-Jalil went further, specifically lifting immediately, by decree, one law from Col. Gaddafi's era that he said was in conflict with Sharia - that banning polygamy. In a blow to those who hoped to see Libya's economy integrate further into the western world, he announced that in future bank regulations would ban the charging of interest, in line with Sharia. "Interest creates disease and hatred among people," he said.

Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates, and other Muslim countries, have pioneered the development of Sharia-compliant banks which charge fees rather than interest for loans but they normally run alongside western-style banks. n the first instance, interest on low-value loans would be waived altogether, he said.

Libya is already the most conservative state in north Africa, banning the sale of alcohol. Mr Abdul-Jalil's decision - made in advance of the introduction of any democratic process - will please the Islamists who have played a strong role in opposition to Col Gaddafi's rule and in the uprising but worry the many young liberal Libyans who, while usually observant Muslims, take their political cues from the West.

Source

 

[Neotrotsky]

Carter helped to pave the way for modern day Iran

makes sense

another way Papa Obama is like Carter

 

[Dr.Drock]

Carter helped to pave the way for modern day Iran

makes sense

another way Papa Obama is like Carter

There hasn't been a single modern president who's had a clue what he's doing in the ME.

 

[martybegan]

At least Libya is nice and flat. Easier for the drones and bombers to take out nutter camps than the mountains and valleys of afghanistan.

 

[konradv]

There are a lot of assumptions being made and you know what you can do with assumptions. So far, the Arab Spring has been going just fine. Thank you, President Obama. If you don't like how omelets are made, get out of the kitchen. IMO, he's making good on the promise of the Cairo speech and retroactively earning his Nobel.

 

[Dr.Drock]

There are a lot of assumptions being made and you know what you can do with assumptions. So far, the Arab Spring has been going just fine. Thank you, President Obama. If you don't like how omelets are made, get out of the kitchen. IMO, he's making good on the promise of the Cairo speech and retroactively earning his Nobel.

Good point.

A foreign policy that leads to creating a hotbed for terrorist activity and terrorist arm trafficking is worthy of a nobel peace prize.



Spreading peace by arming Al-Qaeda, sounds perfectly rational to me.