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Western countries alarmed as Libya slides towards chaos
Reuters - via Yahoo ^ | March 7, 2014 | Steve Scherer

Posted on 03/07/2014 8:40:31 AM PST by don-o

OME (Reuters) - Western countries voiced concern on Thursday that tensions in Libya could slip out of control in the absence of a functioning political system, and they urged the government and rival factions to start talking.

Two-and-a-half years after the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, the oil-rich North African state is struggling to contain violence between rival forces, with Islamist militants gaining an ever-stronger grip on the south of the country.

"The situation in Libya is very worrying," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters on the margins of a conference in Rome to discuss the Libyan crisis.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libya; libyacrisis; obamaforeignpolicy
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Boy howdy! That Arab Spring thing has Hillary and Obama glommed on to, is working out well.
1 posted on 03/07/2014 8:40:31 AM PST by don-o
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To: don-o

Whew....Thank goodness we had nothing to do with the change of guard in Libya.../s


2 posted on 03/07/2014 8:41:43 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: don-o

Odds on another military adventure in Libya to help the “right” people...?


3 posted on 03/07/2014 8:42:16 AM PST by FAA
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They’re Arabs, what do you expect?


4 posted on 03/07/2014 8:42:59 AM PST by dfwgator
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The problem with reality is that it has it’s own time table.


5 posted on 03/07/2014 8:43:10 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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How can you tell?

6 posted on 03/07/2014 8:43:26 AM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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“We are asking the Libyans to talk to each other and to find a stable solution,” he said.

Well, that should do it.


7 posted on 03/07/2014 8:43:44 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: don-o

8 posted on 03/07/2014 8:43:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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Muammar Gaddafi always said, if anything happened to him, the warlords would take over...not that he was any better but these people seem to live for chaos.


9 posted on 03/07/2014 8:44:02 AM PST by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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How many Billions do we spend on intelligence yet never know what is going on?


10 posted on 03/07/2014 8:44:59 AM PST by edcoil (Realism is only a socially accepted form of pessimism)
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“What difference does it make?”


11 posted on 03/07/2014 8:45:10 AM PST by Zathras
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“What difference does it make now!?!”


12 posted on 03/07/2014 8:46:11 AM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: don-o

Obama and NATO’s fault.


13 posted on 03/07/2014 8:48:46 AM PST by PaulCruz2016
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Obama has to have the worst foreign policy of any president.


14 posted on 03/07/2014 8:50:27 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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Cleanin' up my keyboard, here, Boss. Cleanin' up the keyboard. :-]


15 posted on 03/07/2014 8:50:30 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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It’s time for the flowers to bloom in the Arab spring.


16 posted on 03/07/2014 8:51:42 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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Yep. I am amazed that anybody thought the “Arab Spring” would work out well for anybody but goat humping mullahs.


17 posted on 03/07/2014 8:52:27 AM PST by jospehm20
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We’ve seen that in a lot of the Middle East that the vicious bastards in power are the only thing suppressing the mobs and providing any stability.

Sad but true.


18 posted on 03/07/2014 8:53:18 AM PST by FAA
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19 posted on 03/07/2014 8:54:00 AM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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Obama has to have the worst foreign policy of any president.

That would be the case if he actually had one.

20 posted on 03/07/2014 8:55:00 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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