With the west looking at military options and today’s deadline for a recent unity government,the UN is playing a difficult hand very badlyLibya looks certain to be the next flashpoint in the “war on terrorism” – with a crucial political deadline approaching today. As RAF jets are already over desert skies and President Obama is telling the Pentagon to stare at military options, it seems that the west is ready to steal on the 6000 Islamic State fighters in the huge, and oil-rich sands of north Africa.
Tunisia is so worried by the build-up of Islamists on its doorstep that it has begun to build an anti-terrorism barrier along its border with Libya – a desperate attempt to protect itself from terrorism. In the ever spiralling war against terrorism,Libya now matters to everyone.
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Source: theguardian.com