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Search Results for: afterparty
April 29, 2013
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The Libyan Afterparty Comes Back to Libya
The Mali War was blowback from the Libya War; now we have blowback from the Mali War… in Libya. The Guardian has details on increasing violence against Western targets in Tripoli, including an attack on the French embassy last week, … Continue reading
October 25, 2012
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Who Paid for the Libyan Afterparty?
It’s now been nearly one year to the day since the official end of the Libyan civil war. What a difference that year has made for nearby Mali, where Islamic militants now control a significant amount of territory in the … Continue reading
December 18, 2012
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Libya Tries to Close Southern Borders as Afterparty Continues
By now it’s far too late to avert the catastrophic Libyan Afterparty, but Libya’s new government is trying anyway, closing its borders with Algeria, Sudan, Niger, and Chad, and declaring martial law in the barren south. The BBC: A parliament spokesman, Omar … Continue reading
October 15, 2012
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Libya Has No Police: The Afterparty Continues
The Libyan afterparty continues: Militias remain Libya’s only effective police force. Some militia brigades have the power to tap phones and hunt down enemies. Others occupy luxury hotels, patrol borders, or control social services, all blessedly unmolested by government interference: … Continue reading
July 22, 2012
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The Sudanese Afterparty
Since Sudan split into two countries about a year ago, few of the hopes of any national self-determinists have come true. North and South still clash over border issues, ethnically offensive rhetoric flies, especially from al-Bashir’s government in the north, … Continue reading
October 19, 2012
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Libyan Afterparty Getting out of Hand
It’s now been nearly a year since the NATO’s Libya mission was completed, but the afterparty is still dragging on in nearby countries. This week, the FT reported that France is growing particularly concerned with the growth of al-Qaeda groups in northern … Continue reading
October 21, 2012
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Libyan Afterparty Within Its Own Borders
At Via Meadia, we’re frequently writing about how the decision to invade Libya has had severe repercussions for some of its neighbors. But it’s not like Libya itself is in great shape. Armed militias still operate largely unchallenged by the … Continue reading
October 3, 2012
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The Libyan Afterparty Continues: Child Soldiers in Mali
If and when African Union forces intervene to save Mali from Islamist extremists they will probably be met by child soldiers wielding machine guns. More than a thousand kids (probably many more) have been conscripted by the various fighting groups now stalking Mali’s northern … Continue reading
July 4, 2012
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The Libyan Afterparty Continues As Timbuktu Dies
In the ongoing struggle between northern Mali’s secessionist Taureg fighters and a local Islamic jihadist group, Ansar Dine, the Islamists claim to have driven all remaining rebels from a third and final large town in the region. If the reports … Continue reading
July 20, 2012
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The Longest Afterparty Ever? Libya and Mali
Close to 100,000 Malian refugees huddle under makeshift tents in eastern Mauritania, swapping stories of jihadists’ brutal imposition of Sharia law in the northern regions. Their detailed accounts of persecution are sadly familiar: beatings in the street of women unaccompanied by … Continue reading
July 15, 2012
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Ross Douthat Crashes the Libyan Afterparty
In a column this week for the New York Times, Ross Douthat echoes a theme we’ve been developing at Via Meadia for some time: that the bloody unintended consequences of our Libyan humanitarian intervention–from a civil war in Mali to … Continue reading
September 21, 2011
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Libya: The Afterparty Continues
The Great Loon may be out of power, but his soldiers continue their acts of violence against civilians. CNN has the story: Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are creating a humanitarian disaster in Bani Walid, the National Transitional Council’s military … Continue reading
February 7, 2012
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Libyan Afterparty: Are We Having Fun Yet?
The Libya conflict — a war of protection, a humanitarian intervention, an intrusion to save civilians’ lives — has created new humanitarian crises of its own, within and beyond Libya’s borders. Over 22,000 people are reported to have fled armed … Continue reading
January 29, 2013
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Obama’s New Africa Strategy: Send in the Drones
As France announces plans to stand down in Mali, the United States is standing up. With the French announcing sharp limits on their objectives in Mali, the United States is advancing deeper into the north African theater of the global … Continue reading
January 11, 2013
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Jihadis Blitz Toward Mali Capital as France Sends in the Troops
The international intervention in Mali has finally begun: French troops are on the ground and warplanes in the sky, helping Malian soldiers fight Islamist militants who have taken over the northern part of the country. Just in the past few … Continue reading
January 20, 2013
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Algeria Bashing by Incompetent America: A Bad Idea
The hostage crisis seems to be winding down after a final assault by Algerian forces killed or scattered most of the remaining jihadis occupying the gas processing plant in the south of the country. As of this morning, 23 hostages … Continue reading
December 5, 2012
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Northern Mali: Jihadist Safe Haven
The full extent of the damage caused by the Libyan afterparty is slowly becoming clear, as bad news from Mali continues to trickle in. Flooded with weapons and veterans from Libya, the northern half of Mali has become a Texas-sized Saharan … Continue reading
November 20, 2012
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Tuareg, Islamists Clash in Mali as Invasion Nears
Dozens of people have been killed in fighting between secularist Tuareg rebels and an Islamist extremist group in northern Mali, AFP reports: “It’s a real massacre. There are dozens dead,” said a Malian security source, referring to the fighting in … Continue reading
January 7, 2013
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Venezuela after Chavez
Despite miracle cures at the hands of everyone from Jesus to Fidel Castro’s vaunted Cuban medical complex to Afro-Caribbean priests and spiritual healers, Hugo Chavez appears to be in danger of imminent death. Nothing is certain about his condition as his health is … Continue reading
January 14, 2013
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NYT Calls US Anti-Terror Strategy in North Africa a Catastrophe
With the election safely behind us, the New York Times has taken a long, hard look at President Obama’s anti-terrorism policy in North Africa and called it a comprehensive failure: … [A]s insurgents swept through the desert last year, commanders … Continue reading
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