Javdanehha جاودانه ها
بريتانيا به سمت بكار گيري قدرت نظامي عليه داعش
در ليبي حركت ميكند.
دولت ميگويد كه شديدا از گسترش سريع داعش و
گروههاي ديگر افراطي در ليبي نگران است و در حال بررسي طرحي براي مداخله در مورد
اين تهديد ميباشد.
Britain
'moving towards military action against Isil in Libya'
Government says it is
“extremely concerned" by the rapid rise of Isil and other extremist groups
in Libya and is considering plans for intervening to tackle the threat.
Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant is now active in eastern Libya Photo: PA
10:53PM GMT 11 Dec
2015
Britain could launch
military action in Libya next, Government sources have said amid fears that
Islamic State militants will use their new stronghold along a stretch of the
Mediterranean coast to target Europe.
Ministers at the
Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence say they are “extremely concerned"
by the rapid rise of Isil and other extremist groups in Libya and are considering plans
for intervening to tackle the threat
.An image allegedly showing members of Isil
parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte Photo: AFP
A Government source
said ministers were "moving in the direction" of a plan to send
military support alongside European allies to defeat Isil in Libya.
The French Prime
Minister, Manuel Valls, on Friday called for international efforts to crush the Islamic State jihadists to extend to the north African country.
France has been
sending spy planes over Libya to assess the scale of the threat posed from the
country, which has fallen into chaos since its dictator, Col Muammar Gaddafi,
was ousted with Western military backing in 2011.
The UN believes 2,000
to 3,000 fighters are operating there and Isil now controls a stretch of the
Mediterranean coastline around the northern Libyan city of Sirte.
The stronghold gives
the jihadists a venue for training camps on the border of Europe and free
access to target western ships at sea.
Penny Mordaunt, armed
forces minister, recently told MPs the Government was “closely monitoring the
growing threat from extremist groups in Libya”, including groups affiliated
with Isil.
She said: “These
groups threaten Libya, her regional neighbours and UK interests in the region.”
Tobias Ellwood,
foreign office minister, said where Isil has a foothold along the Mediterranean
“we are working closely with international partners to develop our
understanding of its presence, and how to tackle it there”.
Asked if Libya could
be the next target for British military intervention, a Government source said:
“Things are moving in that direction. We are taking it one step at a time.”
Italy has been drawing
up plans for a European military coalition to back any Libyan Government and
seeking allies to lend help.
Any plan would have to
wait for Libya to appoint a recognised national government.
The source said:
“There needs to be a recognised government in place in Libya that can ask us
for help – then we will do whatever we can to help them deal with Isil."
Another source said:
“We are not at the decision point on what to do. You need an effective
government of sorts to invite you to do stuff, which is what’s lacking at the
moment.”
Michael Fallon, the
defence secretary, said it was important to "keep an eye on Libya",
but Britain had to target the Isil leadership in Syria. He said: "It's
important, as the Prime Minister said, to deal with the head of the snake
because that's where the brain is."
Asked by The Telegraph
whether Libya could become a fall back for the Isil leadership Ash Carter, the
US Defence Secretary, said: "With respect to Libya, as Isil is being
destroyed in its parent tumour of Syria and Iraq we're not going to let it fall
back to Libya or anywhere else where it is metastasising.
"We're going to
combat Isil everywhere it appears. It must be destroyed in its birthplace of
Syria and Iraq but it is metastasising in other parts of the world.
"We'll combat it
everywhere, and of course that includes our own homelands, so it won't have any
place to fall back on."
Rival governments in
Libya have agreed they will aim to sign a United Nations-backed national unity
agreement next week.
But hardliners in both
camps have been resisting signing a deal and several past deadlines to sign
have failed after opponents balked at details or demanded more concessions.
