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Olivier d'Auzon
Writer, lawyer and consultant to the World Bank, author of the Book "The Grand Chessboard Putin"
SUMMARY
Since 2014, France Defence Min. Jean-Yves Le Drian
has continued to push for air strikes & special ops in Libya
Aims could be:
1) airstrikes
2) special ops - from French base Madama in northern Niger
3) deployment of troops
French have already conducted special ops in Libya 2011
/ French & British have been stationed Nafusa Mountains, Libya
Article states: most wars (even if limited to air ops)
--> are conducted with support of special forces on the ground.
eg. Kosovo
reps of DGSE - French intel
+ SOC (Special Ops Command)
guided the planes of NATO, pointing to shoot targets.
Libya
Egyptian + Mali, Niger, Senegal & Chad
= argue for military intervention
--> Algeria, Sudan & Tunisia: oppose.
Algeria behind the scenes helps:
Libyan Muslim Brotherhood + Salafist parties
(as buffer to jihadist groups & extremists)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir
reportedly also hostile to foreign intervention & advocates chatting with militants.
LOL ... Sudan is hedging its bets:
Recognised Tobruk hiding govt.
but delivered helicopters, men & arms to Misrata coalition.
Egypt & UAE want military intervention.
Bombed positions of Islamist militias in Tripoli.
Support Gen. Haftar /Tobruk
Egypt & UAE don't want Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Libya.
This pisses off: Qatar, Turkey & Algeria, who apparently do.
Chad & Niger (isn't clear to me) ... but they're both competing for the same oil well in Libya (I think).
Chad & Niger call for interl military intervention
/ & are already committed v. Boko Haram & Mali.
Libya - pro military intervention:
*France (yep)
*Britain (likely) +
*Egypt
*Mali
*Niger
*Senegal
*Chad
*UAE
Libya - against military intervention:
- Sudan (but Sudan recognises Tobruk)
- Tunisia
- Algeria (I think?)
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Madama (in Niger)
= site of former French colonial fort (built in 1931)
= French forward operating base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama
Nafusa Mountains
= first hotbed for anti-Gaddafi protests
{French & British promoted?}
/ 45,000 displaced, went: Tunisia.
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EU-NATO IMPERIALISM ❌ 