Posted on 11/18/2013 2:24:56 AM PST by Olog-hai
The EU's “civilian” border mission in Libya is in fact training paramilitary forces, amid a wider European and US effort to stop Libya becoming a “failed state.”
According to an internal EU paper—a blueprint for the border mission, EUBAM Libya, dated 18 April and seen by EUobserver—its “main effort” is to build up the “operational level” of Libya’s “Border Guards (BG)” and “Naval Coast Guard (NCG).”
Both units are part of Libya’s defense ministry. …
An Italian source noted that Italy, the former colonial power in Libya, still remains its “principal interlocutor and donor.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...
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