Egypt Makes Libya the New Front in Anti-ISIS War, 4 Years After NATO Left Chaos Behind

[polly7]

VIDEO

Four years after the U.S.-led bombing campaign toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s government, Libya is in a state of crisis. On Monday, Egypt bombed Islamic State targets in Libya after the group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians. Egypt claims it hit ISIS targets "precisely," but at least seven civilians, including three children, were reportedly killed in the coastal city of Derna. The attacks come as Libya faces what the United Nations calls "the worst political crisis and escalation of violence" since the U.S.-backed overthrow of Gaddafi in 2011. Two different governments claim power, each with their own parliaments and armies. A number of militant groups, including the Islamic State affiliate, are scattered in between. Will foreign governments intervene in Libya again? We are joined by Democracy Now! correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who is just back from a reporting trip in Libya, and Vijay Prashad, a professor of international studies at Trinity College and author of several books, including "Arab Spring, Libyan Winter."

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/2/17/with_egypt_strikes_libya_becomes_new

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1. This would be more helpful if we could also have the Russia Today viewpoint on it.

[polly7]

2. WTF are you talking about?

Some of us are still interested in Libya.

Go hunt down some RT news of your own.

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4. Geez. where's your sense of humor.

And yes, the situation in Libya sucks, for multiple reasons.

[polly7]

6. I don't find any of this funny. Sorry. nt.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. I believe that was a red-baiting slam on Democracy Now.

One of the few remaining non-corporate news sources in this country. I like retro-red baiting. It is sort of cute in a nostalgia inducing fashion. It was so much simpler to be simplistic back in the cold war era. We had your Bad Guys and your Good Guys and as long as you didn't look beneath the surface everything was just that easy to understand.

[polly7]

9. Thanks ...

I worked last night and my brain is a bit slow, couldn't figure out wth that was about. Yeah, the red-baiting here is weird, but understanding why Democracy Now is a target makes it a bit easier to understand, on this thread at least.

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Remember all the people celebrating our Marvelous Libyan Adventure?

I do. Oh we got the evil Qaddafi! Pole right up his ass! Yay Team America! That was great!

[polly7]

5. I sure do.

Makes me ill to think what the people of Libya are going through now, especially compared to what they once had.

[Warren Stupidity]

8. In all fairness Qaddafi sucked, but he sucked so much less than his replacements. nt.

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10. The Roman Empire left behind lovely beachfront ruins in Libya. So did we.

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[polly7]

11. That's so sad. nt.