Pardon my ignorance of Moose Limb history, but when was the Caliphate ever in Tripoli? The Mamluks were based in Cairo. The Ottomans were based in Istambul.
Think. Marine Hymen..”to the shores of Tripoli”...
The last hold on Tripoli by the Ottoman Empire -
“Late Ottoman era
Ottoman Clock tower in Tripoli’s old town medina
In 1835, the Ottomans took advantage of a local civil war to reassert their direct authority. After that date, Tripoli was under the direct control of the Sublime Porte. Rebellions in 1842 and 1844 were unsuccessful. After the French occupation of Tunisia (1881), the Ottomans increased their garrison in Tripoli considerably...
The Italian Era
....By the Treaty of Lausanne, Italian sovereignty was acknowledged by the Ottomans, although the Caliph [head of state in a Caliphate] was permitted to exercise religious authority
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY - “...He advocates a caliphate state under Sharia law, the first major change which the NTC initiated at the celebrations to mark the beginning of a new Libya.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/313672#ixzz1dXaXdFvx
Who was Gadaffi really going to go after and why? The above information was quickly taken off the radar - and turned into “Qadaffi is going to shoot down his people!! We must attack@ Qadaffi must go!
Was he going to shoot down “his” people - or obama’s?