dilloduck
Diamond Member
Again ?
Neglect, tribalism, history fuel east Libya revolt | Reuters
Why? Was there any threat to oil production prior to the rebellion ? Why is France so suddenly eager to fight ?
"Gaddafi has always thought that there are people in eastern Libya, in Benghazi and Ajdabiya and so on, that are not very trustworthy and not very loyal," said Dirk Vandewalle, a Libya expert at Dartmouth College, in the United States.
"Remember that Libya was kind of artificially created in 1951 and the provinces at the time, Cyrenaica where Benghazi is, and Tripolitania where Tripoli is, had very little in common.
"From the beginning there were issues with that partnership and that increased even further when oil was discovered that kind of straddled both provinces," he said.
Neglect, tribalism, history fuel east Libya revolt | Reuters
Why? Was there any threat to oil production prior to the rebellion ? Why is France so suddenly eager to fight ?
Last edited: