Vers un gouvernement d’union en Libye

Grave erreur d’analyse des puissances occidentales et de l’ONU qui mettent une pression sur les parties prenantes pour les forcer à dialoguer pour former une union politique de gouvernement alors que le problème est plus profond qu’un problème politique.

En effet, ce n’est ni la force, ni un accord politique qui peuvent mettre fin au chaos en Libye, mais la dissuasion. Seule la démocracie peut être la voie d’adoption et de maintien des mesures dissuasives car seule la démocracie représente la voie légitime de la population. Ce n’est pas non plus un gouvernement qui peut être la voie des mesures dissuasives, car ce sont les gouvernements successifs, aux mains des milices qui manipulaient le Ministère de la Défense, qui ont créé ce chaos et qui se sont discrédités. Seuls les représentants élus peuvent apporter la solution par des mesures d’état.

Ils viennent de le faire en votant une loi qui met fin aux liens mortels entre les milices et le Ministère de la Défense. Les grandes milices de l’Ouest et leurs groupements qui se sont opposées à la démocratie libyenne et au parlement élu sont les bras armés des groupes politiques Islamiques. Ces milices sont incompatibles avec une armée régulière professionnelle, et les groupes politiques islamiques ne s’en sépareront pas. Ce n’est donc pas une solution politique qui mettra fin au chaos. Cessons d’espérer que ce sont des représentants politiques qui apporteront une issue au chaos car la solution n’est pas politique.

L’état Libyen possède une armée régulière institutionnelle qui avait été oubliée et laissée de coté pour donner la préférence et armer les milices. Cette armée sous le controle du parlement, et sous le commandement suprème du chef de l’état possède les 3 composantes navale/terrienne/aérienne d’une armée d’état. Elle est préservée des influences politiques et religieuse. Gràce à la loi de centralisation des forces armées, elle possède maintenant les moyens légaux et les bases d’une puissance qui la rendent dissuasive.

Grâce à cette loi, l’Etat major de l’armée va pouvoir renforcer ses capacités de surveillance et d’intervention à un point tel que sa seule existence va rapidement suffire à éviter d’avoir à employer la force pour maintenir la paix.

La nouvelle loi va aussi favoriser un accord de gouvernement d’union civil car elle va délivrer le Ministère de la Défense et donc le gouvernement de cette problématique de maintien de la paix qui ne pouvait pas être traitée par la force ou la voie politique.

Bref, les représentants élus de la démocracie Libyenne n’ont pas eu besoin des cris d’orfraie et des pressions des Nations Unies et des pays occidentaux pour trouver et adopter des solutions à leurs problèmes.

Les  Libyens sont des peuples fiers, indépendants… et sages. Faisons leurs confiance.

Les appels et pressions des puissances extérieures reflètent des intérêts d’état ou de puissance qui ne peuvent que compliquer la situation intérieure. Ils reflètent aussi trop souvent des échos et des lieux communs venant de l’Ouest du Pays mais qui ne correspondent pas aux demandes et aux besoins de l’ensemble du pays.

Il me semble que la mesure qui vient d’être prise par le parlement élu ouvre la voie vers la paix en Libye par une dissuasion démocratique. Le chantier est important, la voie sera longue mais les fondations du chemin vers le redressement de l’état Libyen se mettent en place.

Army vs militias in Libya

It all started in Ajdabyah on 25/03/2011 when LIFG entered the city instead of the free Libyan army after Nato stopped the Gaddafi tanks. After that France had not been able to stop NATO to impose the unity of command of peace Libyan ground forces by the free Libyan army.

The main reason of this is that Nato countries did not trust the officers and organization of the Eastern regular army that had defected at start of revolution. They thought instead that the LIFG and local revolutionaries were better prepared and more responsive to answer their questions. The reason of it is that most of these relays were connected to the Libyan diaspora residing in Western Countries while those forgotten troops of the regular army that had been left over idle by Gaddafi army and that had remained in Libya had not been able to establish contacts with the external world.

As a consequence, the command center of the Free Libyan Army and following NLA has been sidelined by local militias during the whole uprising. When NTC took command of Tripoli, these militias have permanently acted to destroy all remnants of the state ground force of the Libyan army in Tripoli.

The current civil war is actually a war between the Libyan Army which is now in control of most East Libya, and the militias which are in control of most West Libya.

Rebuilding the army and organizing it so that its operation and command can operate independently from the government changes, while keeping it under the control of the parliament and head of state is not easy, and it takes time, as Gaddafi had done all its best to weaken the army and had created this legacy of  parallel security institutions. Many Libyans fear that a strong army could overshadow the power of the government.

UNSMIL and UNSC have not been clear enough in explaining this to the Libyan people and in clarifying what is at stake if the current war between army and militias is replaced by a new stalemate.   I wish that this situation will mature more as soon as possible

The Principles of The National Dialogue in Libya

Wake up Benghazi

Tripoli Airport

Once I meet with my friends these days, all we talk about is the current situation. Every one picks a side. We talk for hours without convincing each other. The point is we have different views, but we share one thing. We have the common goals which are building and developing Libya. In the reality, the different parties have taken the weapons as the way of talking. When two Libyans are fighting, that means a civil war.

Civil wars last for years and  usually finish with national dialogue. People of the one nationality usually do not notice they are in a civil war. They will realize it after killing many people and destroying their country. A civil war ends with national dialog or peace talk. For example, Lebanon had a civil war for 16 years. Eventually, they reached a settlement. So, they eventually sit together. Some countries did that…

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Better late than never

In 2011, General Abd El Fattah Younes, Commander of Libyan armed forces, was arrested, judged and killed by Jihadists fighters, despite all efforts made by Mustafa Abd El Jalil and the NTC to stop this execution.

This murder was a clear message sent to the NTC and to the Libyan people to tell them that they will allow no one to stop them from achieving their goals.

Since then, they have paralyzed and terrorized the Libyan authorities to prevent all efforts to stop their action. Their strategy since the constitution of the government has been to hammer down its actions, and to fight all attempts to develop the democracy so as to allow them to take control of the Libyan state, and to link Libya to the Crescent of Terror that starts in Mauritania. This strategy is gaining ground every day.

The Muslim Brothers have not been clear enough on their positioning towards the Jihadist groups. They have faced consequently the backlash of the Libyan population during the last elections.

The fighters of Ansar Al Sharia do not fear death. Yet, they avoid as much as possible all direct conflict with the population. They are smart at retreating temporarily, at adopting a low profile whenever their presence creates tension with the local population, at remaining in the background to ignite hate whenever it suits their needs.

Thousands of thousands of Libyan people in Benghazi are opposing and fighting the Jihadists every day. But these opponents are overnumbered by larger crouds of young enemployed people. These young unemployed ones  see the Jihadists as the new glorious Muslim Conquerors of the Caliphates of the first Islamic Empire.

The Jihadists do not recognize other goals and laws than those for which that they fight for.  They do not recognize the universal human rights adopted by the United Nations. For them, the only option of their opponents is to submit to their values or face death. They cannot be fighted by normal means. My opinion is that there is no room for Jihadists views in a peaceful Libya, and that it will take much time to reach this stage as they know this very well.

Their presence in Libya is at the root and it is the essence of all the current problems that faces the Country. Everyone knows that without them, the revolution would not have succeeded. It is difficult for those Thuwards that have been with them in the front line of the liberation war to stand now peacefully against them and let them accept that this war is now over.

I have not been clear enough in expressing myself against this poison since the start of the Libyan uprising as all my Libyan friends where repeatidly insisting that this kind of Islam had no place in Libya. We have not been clear enough at rising the whole world against the destruction of the Sufi Mosqs and Sufi shrines: these destructions where clearly showing that things where going wrong in Libya.

Better late than never. The fight of the Libyan population is a universal one. I wish I can help those people for as much as I can, for them, for us, and the sake of our common future.

Arrestation du No2 de Ansar Al Sharia à Benghazi

Enfin, si elle est confirmée, une bonne nouvelle qui montre que la population de Benghazi reprend la maîtrise de son destin

Hier soir, ce sont les jeunes de Benghazi eux mêmes qui ont mis fin aux exactions de ce triste individu.

Khalef Doghman et quelques uns de ses sbires avaient réussi à s’enfuir des bases militaires qu’ils squattaient à Benghazi, après que l’armée ait lancé une attaque lourde, et libéré la plupart des sites qu’ils occupaient.

Ce sont des jeunes Benghazi qui l’ont rattrapé, arrêté et remis aux forces armées pour qu’il soit transferré à la justice.

Source: http://www.alwasat.ly/ar/mobile/article?articleid=32512

War and peace in Benghazi

Smoking a chicha with my friends at the Coffee shop of the Fish Market in the center of old Benghazi is a real experience…. Their indestructible optimism and their resilience are amazing. They are now convinced that real change is now about to come, hoping in new elections… hoping in a change of the GNC.

They know very well that the deamons of 42 years of tyranny are still there in the minds and that blood bath and vendetta from families who lost their elderlies cannot stop by a simple change of law or new security measures.

I really wish that their expectations will be fulfilled and that soon the current chaos will stop and will be replaced by a new period of peace. Better late than never!

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it is partly because that is the road on which they generally start out on.

The last blast in front of Jalaa Hospital is another warning: Please Benghazi and please Libya, stop this manicheist  opposition between the good and the bad, and take another road!

The whole world is in empathy with you and the saying has been repeatidly recalled : This is leading you no where!

I am not following, nor interested by that path. Yet I will continue to bring my contribution to this challenging time and to stand beside those who only seek to preserve a normal way of life.

Do not expect me to take position on the current events: I am not following this path… mine is only the one of normal business activities.

Preparing the celebration of the liberation of Benghazi…. will France be there?

The future Sarkozy square in Benghazi?

The future Sarkozy square in Benghazi?

Tomorrow will be a day off in Benghazi, and the preparation of the carnival that will take place under the bridge where the tanks were stopped are moving steadily.

Tobruk City has offered an old mirage for the opportunity. Every one expects the coming of a surprise guest….

Nicholas Sarkozy came in Benghazi on 15 september 2011… the eve before, workers were re-erecting a temporary new shrine at Omar Al Mokhtar square, away from the place where Sarkozy came, Erdogan came and made a 1H speech on this square… I felt uneased by this long speech as on 19 March 2011 Turkey was still supporting the old regime.

Shall we see the same scenario tomorrow?… I fear so, as there is a big publicity mentioning that these preparations are financed by…. Turkey.

Preparing the return of Foreigners?

Tripoli liberation square

Liberation square is shining clean and repainted.

Also loaders and heavy trucks are cleaning up the barracks and stands of the informal market that had invaded Rachid street and the surroundings of the old City.
Heavy and organized police forces supported by army officers are directing this clean up
All of this will make the area much more safe

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This time the Coptic church of Benghazi is really burned

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The message last night was probably insufficient. So they made it clear today and inflamed the church again. These hardliners  made the revolution and they will not let it be stolen by the old Wasta that is pulling the ropes in Tripoli. They are blinded by frustration. They are taking the City of Benghazi as hostage of their grievances.  There was much show off of firemen with new equipment, and several passages of new police cars, although the power of the fire did not deserve such a mobilization of resources. Bit this meant that the authorities considered this subject as a serious one.

The Christian church of Benghazi

The Christian church of Benghazi

I went at the office at the Christian church which was full of Africans, Indians, Phlippinos, Bangalese, etc… no westerner except me and another one married to an Asian lady. Outside, the church was guarded by armed security. I asked them why they did not wear official army or security clothes. They replied that time is not yet ready for that…

This afternoon, there was a small gathering of young men with dark flags in front of the Tibesti hôtel. All this activism is meant to show that they are here.  How will the authorities react to this sudden rise?