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Hopes are pinned on highly uncertain formation of a government of national unity
Citing sources in the government of Prime Minister David Cameron, the Telegraph published on Saturday said that Britain is preparing military intervention in Libya amid fears that militants of the Islamic state to its new stronghold on the Mediterranean Sea, located only a few hundred kilometers of Europe's first island, could be used for terrorist attacks on the Old Continent.
Officials in the Foreign Office and the British defense ministry say they are 'very concerned' because of the rapid rise of ISIS and other extremist groups in Libya and therefore consider plans for intervention to eliminate the danger. A source from the British government says that everything is going in the direction of the action plan according to which the United Kingdom gave military support to its European allies in order to defeat the ISIS in Libya.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Friday openly called for the battle against Islamist extremists in the area of North Africa. 'We are at war, we have an enemy whom we love to trash in Syria, Iraq, and soon in Libya, "he said.
ISIS according to some estimates, Libya has between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters. Paris has already redeployed some 3,500 soldiers, used in the intervention in Mali in 2013, throughout West Africa and established a base about 75 kilometers from Libya's southern border to combat terrorism.
'No time to waste, "said one senior Western diplomat. 'If they do not get a government, we will begin to consider measures that can be implemented to ensure that Libya does not sink deeper into chaos and become a jihadist haven. If no agreement is reached, we will have to take care of their own security, "said the diplomat, referring to the negotiations between the two largest Libyan factions that are supposedly on the verge of an agreement on the establishment of a government of national unity.
It is about two groups that consider themselves the legitimate governments - it Islamist, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, controls Tripoli, and she more secular, recognized by the international community, set up camp at Tobruk in the far east of Libya, near the border with Egypt.
If they close a ceasefire and form a government of national unity, and not once have already unsuccessfully tried to Libya to obtain power with full legitimacy that it could formally invite a foreign power or more to help her in combat with ISIS. According to recent announcements, the signing of the agreement is scheduled for next week, but it is extremely doubtful whether happen.
Italy has already sketched a plan of intervention in case of forming a government of national unity. She called for the creation of a European coalition to the Libyan government gave military support, but with the exception of Britain, which writes the Telegraph, it is not clear that all states were members of such a coalition. 'There must be a legitimate government and look over the help, then we will do everything in our power, "said a source in the British government.
French spy planes fly over Libya for some time in order to learn what the real danger of jihadists loyal to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. They found the greatest support in the area of Sirte, around which are several military camps and took control over the local oil facilities. Another major piece of territory held in the southern desert of Libya, and the third to the west of the state, forcing Tunisia ten days ago closed the state border.
To the west is the ISIS recent days progressed, and from Wednesday to his black flags fluttering in Sabratha, a city with archaeological sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List, which is only 66 kilometers from Tripoli. The fear that in the near future on their target could find himself in Tripoli is becoming more realistic.
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter says his country will not allow the ISIS find refuge in Libya. 'We will fight with ISIS wherever they appeared. We have to destroy it at his birthplace in Syria and Iraq, but the fact is that he started to metastasize to other parts of the world. We will fight against it everywhere, which of course includes our country, "said Carter.
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