World View: Reports Indicate Egypt, Italy, Russia Planning Military Action in Libya

Breitbart ^ | 03/01/2015 | by John J. Xenakis

[Rusty0604]

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com

•Reports indicate Egypt, Italy, Russia planning military action in Libya

•Egypt court declares Hamas to be a terrorist organization

•Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia

Various unconfirmed reports are emerging indicating that there may be joint international action planned in Libya as early as next week.

Egypt is already conducting air strikes against ISIS-linked targets in Derna, close to where Egyptian Coptics were massacred recently,...

Al-Jazeera television reports that the Italian navy is getting ready to carry off sophisticated military drills off the coast of Libya as early as Monday. Although Italy claims that it will be a regular exercise, there are many more vessels taking part in this year’s exercise than have in the past, which Italy explains by saying that they are testing out sophisticated new technologies.

There are several reasons why Italy is pursuing this show of force:...

Some reports indicate that Russia has hinted at a willingness to participate in a naval blockade of Libya to prevent arm supplies from leaving Libya for other countries. Russia could play a role in this because it already has a naval fleet in the Mediterranean.

[Rusty0604]

Other interesting news:

Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia

"By coincidence or by planning, the presidents of both Egypt and Turkey will be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, this week."

[keat]

[Will88]

I guess some group of nations needs to try and clean up the chaos created by Obama and Hillary.

[dfwgator]

Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia

Suleiman and the Ottomans - The Reunion Tour.

[ZULU]

Interesting

[StormEye]

Russia, Italy and others know the Obama regime is aiding and abetting the ISIS conquest of the Middle East so they’ve decided to do something about it. The Obama Regime is not trusted by our America’s allies anywhere.

[Dogbert41]

I would say this qualifies for the “Wars and Rumors of Wars” category.

[grania]

The Libya regime change was something Italy wanted. They were the ones in NATO advocating for NATO bombing “so the defeated rebels could safely return home”, then went full-throttle against Khadaffi. Khadaffi’s billions were in Italian banks, and he was threatening to take them out of there.

[BeauBo]

“Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia “

I think it might be more accurate to say that Saudi Arabia will try to form a “Sunni Front” with Egypt and Turkey.

Saudi Arabia faces an existential threat from Shia Iran, and the recent Shia conquest of Yemen. Iran can now offload heavy weapons and large scale military units at a modern container port (Al Hudaydah) on the Red Sea side of the Arabian peninsula. From the Yemeni border to Mecca is just an 8 hour drive.

The Egyptian and Turkish leaders are on opposite sides of a bloody civil war within Sunni Islam - Turkish Erdogan is a champion of the Muslim Brotherhood, and al Sisi of Egypt is in a life and death struggle against them.

Egypt and Turkey are by far the strongest Sunni Militaries in the region, who might be able to defend Saudi Arabia, now that the longstanding US option is unreliable. Pakistan is the Saudis other potential big play.

The War with Iran is going badly for the Sunnis on many fronts, and Iran is now building military power on both the Northern (Iraqi) and Southern (Yemeni) borders of the Arabian Peninsula. The oil rich Arab states of the peninsula have relatively small populations, which contain significant Shia minorities. They could fall quickly (see Yemen), and leave Iran with unprecedented control over the world’s oil supply, and make them an economic superpower.

Without America (and America is AWOL), the Gulf Arabs are desperately vulnerable.

[SunkenCiv]

Russia won’t be involved in anything other than continuing to prop up Assad and helping Iran build ICBMs and nuclear weapons.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Turkey, that’s about 2/3rd correct. Erdogan (like Russia’s ally Iran) pushed hard for Morsi’s takeover. The House of Saud helped bankroll al-Sisi’s overthrow of the muzzie hunta.

Egypt and Russia? Yeah, sure, Egypt is going to ally itself with Russia AND with Turkey AND with Saudi Arabia.

None-too-Breitbart strikes again.

[familyop]

“Egypt, Italy” and “Russia” along with Iran. That’s no surprise. They all support the new Axis, want a new Reich and want to conquer Israel. Iran’s nuclear weapons buildup is important to them.

[familyop]

So far, Russia and Iran (Hezbollah) are fighting against loose cannon ISIS for the Syrian government (ports, other deals). Russia, while supporting Iran and Syria, has complained about the Saudis getting in its way for a long time. Italy has been cheerleading for Iran and its nuke buildup efforts for a long time (oil and other trade).

All of them want to take Jerusalem to establish religious credibility (see Rome all the way back into ancient times). In order to do so, Russia, Italy, Iran and others hope to get control of the area and make some kind of deal with subdued Sunni factions before organizing to go for Jerusalem. Even some political elements in Israel will help them.

There are also bits of the same sentiment all over the West, including our own country (migrations over the past 100 years or so from Europe, descendants). And it will be the biggest mistake that any of them have ever made. It’ll all come out in the wash, though, given enough outcry in prayers.