France says Turkey conduct in Libya 'unacceptable'

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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• Paris is angered by an "even more aggressive and insistent stance from Turkey"
• "The Turks are behaving in an unacceptable manner and are exploiting NATO" the French official said

PARIS: France on Sunday slammed Turkey's "aggressive" intervention in the Libya conflict as unacceptable, accusing its fellow NATO member of violating a UN arms embargo and sending half a dozen ships to the war-torn country's coast.
Turkey, supported by its main regional ally Qatar, backs the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli in the conflict against the forces of eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar.
France, despite public denials, has long been suspected of favouring Haftar, who has the backing of Egypt, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
Paris is angered by an "even more aggressive and insistent stance from Turkey, with seven Turkish ships deployed off the Libyan coast and violations of the arms embargo," a senior presidential official said.
"The Turks are behaving in an unacceptable manner and are exploiting NATO. France cannot just stand by," added the official, who asked not to be named.
French President Emmanuel Macron has already held talks on the issue this week with US leader Donald Trump, and "exchanges will take place in the weeks to come on this subject with NATO partners," the official said.
The comments came after a Turkish warship on Wednesday prevented a new EU naval mission enforcing the Libya arms embargo from checking a suspect freighter off the Libyan coast.
Turkey has sent Syrian fighters, military advisors and drones in support of the GNA, in a deployment which has changed the course of the conflict, with Haftar's forces enduring a string of defeats.
Tensions have risen over the last yeat between Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, notably when the French leader said that the lack of NATO response to a unilateral Turkish operation in northern Syria showed that the alliance was undergoing "brain death".
Despite being on opposing sides of the conflict, some analysts think that Russia and Turkey may yet to find an accord for Libya as they did with Syria.
But Russia's foreign and defence ministers postponed a planned visit to Turkey on Sunday to discuss the Libya and Syria conflicts, without any clear reason being given.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

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France has Pascal, Coulomb, Ampere, Descartes, Lagrange, Laplace. France measured the speed of light.

 

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https://www.arabnews.com/node/1689736/world

• Paris is angered by an "even more aggressive and insistent stance from Turkey"
• "The Turks are behaving in an unacceptable manner and are exploiting NATO" the French official said

PARIS: France on Sunday slammed Turkey's "aggressive" intervention in the Libya conflict as unacceptable, accusing its fellow NATO member of violating a UN arms embargo and sending half a dozen ships to the war-torn country's coast.
Turkey, supported by its main regional ally Qatar, backs the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli in the conflict against the forces of eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar.
France, despite public denials, has long been suspected of favouring Haftar, who has the backing of Egypt, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
Paris is angered by an "even more aggressive and insistent stance from Turkey, with seven Turkish ships deployed off the Libyan coast and violations of the arms embargo," a senior presidential official said.
"The Turks are behaving in an unacceptable manner and are exploiting NATO. France cannot just stand by," added the official, who asked not to be named.
French President Emmanuel Macron has already held talks on the issue this week with US leader Donald Trump, and "exchanges will take place in the weeks to come on this subject with NATO partners," the official said.
The comments came after a Turkish warship on Wednesday prevented a new EU naval mission enforcing the Libya arms embargo from checking a suspect freighter off the Libyan coast.
Turkey has sent Syrian fighters, military advisors and drones in support of the GNA, in a deployment which has changed the course of the conflict, with Haftar's forces enduring a string of defeats.
Tensions have risen over the last yeat between Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, notably when the French leader said that the lack of NATO response to a unilateral Turkish operation in northern Syria showed that the alliance was undergoing "brain death".
Despite being on opposing sides of the conflict, some analysts think that Russia and Turkey may yet to find an accord for Libya as they did with Syria.
But Russia's foreign and defence ministers postponed a planned visit to Turkey on Sunday to discuss the Libya and Syria conflicts, without any clear reason being given.

What right does non-Muslim France have to comment between Muslim Libya - Turkey issues?


France is the Terrorist nation in Africa!

France/Afrique : 14 African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax For the Benefits of Slavery and Colonization

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By Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN*




Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of french colonial empire, and opted for the country independence, the french colonial elite in Paris got so furious, and in a historic act of fury the french administration in Guinea destroyed everything in the country which represented what they called the benefits from french colonization.

Three thousand French left the country, taking all their property and destroying anything that which could not be moved: schools, nurseries, public administration buildings were crumbled; cars, books, medicine, research institute instruments, tractors were crushed and sabotaged; horses, cows in the farms were killed, and food in warehouses were burned or poisoned.

The purpose of this outrageous act was to send a clear message to all other colonies that the consequences for rejecting France would be very high.

Slowly fear spread trough the african elite, and none after the Guinea events ever found the courage to follow the example of Sékou Touré, whose slogan was “We prefer freedom in poverty to opulence in slavery.”

Sylvanus Olympio, the first president of the Republic of Togo, a tiny country in west Africa, found a middle ground solution with the French.He didn’t want his country to continue to be a french dominion, therefore he refused to sign the colonisation continuation pact De Gaule proposed, but agree to pay an annual debt to France for the so called benefits Togo got from french colonization.It was the only conditions for the French not to destroy the country before leaving. However, the amount estimated by France was so big that the reimbursement of the so called “colonial debt” was close to 40% of the country budget in 1963.

The financial situation of the newly independent Togo was very unstable, so in order to get out the situation, Olympio decided to get out the french colonial money FCFA (the franc for french african colonies), and issue the county own currency.

On January 13, 1963, three days after he started printing his country own currency, a squad of illiterate soldiers backed by France killed the first elected president of newly independent Africa. Olympio was killed by an ex French Foreign Legionnaire army sergeant called Etienne Gnassingbe who supposedly received a bounty of $612 from the local French embassy for the hit man job.

Olympio’s dream was to build an independent and self-sufficient and self-reliant country. But the French didn’t like the idea.

On June 30, 1962, Modiba Keita , the first president of the Republic of Mali, decided to withdraw from the french colonial currency FCFA which was imposed on 12 newly independent African countries. For the Malian president, who was leaning more to a socialist economy, it was clear that colonisation continuation pact with France was a trap, a burden for the country development.

On November 19, 1968, like, Olympio, Keita will be the victim of a coup carried out by another ex French Foreign legionnaire, the Lieutenant Moussa Traoré.

In fact during that turbulent period of African fighting to liberate themselves from European colonization, France would repeatedly use many ex Foreign legionnaires to carry out coups against elected presidents:

• - On January 1st, 1966, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, an ex french foreign legionnaire, carried a coup against David Dacko, the first President of the Central African Republic.
• - On January 3, 1966, Maurice Yaméogo, the first President of the Republic of Upper Volta, now called Burkina Faso, was victim of a coup carried by Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, an ex French legionnaire who fought with french troops in Indonesia and Algeria against these countries independence.
• - on 26 October 1972, Mathieu Kérékou who was a security guard to President Hubert Maga, the first President of the Republic of Benin, carried a coup against the president, after he attended French military schools from 1968 to 1970.

In fact, during the last 50 years, a total of 67 coups happened in 26 countries in Africa, 16 of those countries are french ex-colonies, which means 61% of the coups happened in Francophone Africa.

Number of Coups in Africa by country

Ex French colonies Other African countries Country Number of coup Country number of coup Togo 1 Egypte 1 Tunisia 1 Libye 1 Cote d’Ivoire 1 Equatorial Guinea 1 Madagascar 1 Guinea Bissau 2 Rwanda 1 Liberia 2 Algeria 2 Nigeria 3 Congo – RDC 2 Ethiopia 3 Mali 2 Ouganda 4 Guinea Conakry 2 Soudan 5 SUB-TOTAL 1 13

Congo 3

Tchad 3

Burundi 4

Central Africa 4

Niger 4

Mauritania 4

Burkina Faso 5

Comores 5

SUB-TOTAL 2 32

TOTAL (1 + 2) 45 TOTAL 22

 

[Nein]

France is crying because Turkey ruined their plans.

 

[xenon54 out]

I think what France is doing in Africa to this day is unacceptable.

 

[TNT]

They can bark as much as they wish, no one cares about these mofos. French are the biggest hypocrites on face of earth.

 

[Dalit]

French poodles. Haters of Islam. Indian lovers. Not a coincidence.

 

[Nadeem Ganjum]

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lol that's funny but the french contributed a lot to science

 

[Baybars Han]

France is dreaming its colonialist days, a racist nation at heart that nearly always needed others to save them in times of difficulty. Heck Ottoman's saved the French King in the past

 

[Tom_Cruise]

lol that's funny but the french contributed a lot to science

Including the science of tanks in reverse gear

 

[ÇölKaplanı]

Okay acc to me France's neo emperialist dreams are unacceptable; how 'bout that?

 

[masterchief_mirza]

"France says Turkey conduct in Libya 'unacceptable' "

Yes, because France and Libya just go waaay back as loyal buddies right? Of course Libya should trust France! Why not?! Remember when France had Gaddafi's back? How did that work out for Gaddafi btw? I forget..

 

[LienNoir]

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U.N. Expresses Horror at Mass Graves in Libya

The discovery of eight mass graves near Tripoli was a grim reminder of the atrocities that have punctuated the country’s conflict.

The reported site of a mass grave in the town of Tarhuna on Thursday.Credit...Mahmud Turkia/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

By Declan Walsh

• June 13, 2020

CAIRO — The United Nations chief expressed horror at the discovery of at least eight mass graves in Libya in recent days and called for a prompt and transparent investigation into possible war crimes.

The graves were uncovered after fighters loyal to Khalifa Hifter, whose 14-month campaign to capture Tripoli collapsed in recent weeks, retreated from Tarhuna, 40 miles southeast of the capital.

The mass graves were a grim reminder of the atrocities on all sides of Libya’s chaotic war, a conflict fed by foreign powers seeking strategic advantage or a share of the country’s vast energy reserves, but which is led by lawless Libyan militias that behave with impunity.

Since he launched himself into the war in 2014, Mr. Hifter, who is backed by Russia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, has sought to present himself as the leader of a disciplined, national military force. But his troops have faced accusations of serious crimes.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply shocked” by the discovery and he called on the Tripoli government to secure the graves, identify victims, establish causes of death and return the bodies to their next of kin.

Pictures circulating on social media showed bodies heaped in the ground, tangled in plastic, or buried in pits in the desert outside Tarhuna. Separately, government officials found dozens of bodies in the town morgue, as well as stacked inside a shipping container.

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Investigators in plastic suits began the work of cataloging the decomposing bodies, and said they would use DNA samples to assist with identification.

sought by the International Criminal Court since 2017 for a series of public killings of dozens of people in the eastern city of Benghazi.

As they retreated from the front lines around Tripoli in recent weeks, Mr. Hifter’s fighters and allied Russian mercenaries left behind explosive devices in suburban homes. Photos circulating on social media showed bombs tied to children's toys, and munitions with Russian markings.

Tarhuna was Mr. Hifter’s final stronghold in western Libya, and after it fell last week the government’s Turkish-backed forces initially faced accusations of human rights abuses.

Government troops looted stores, burned buildings and carried out revenge killings against supporters of al-Kaniyat, the Hifter-allied militia that had fled Tarhuna days earlier. At least 16,000 people in Tarhuna and southern Tripoli were forced to flee their homes, the United Nations said.

Then the focus turned on Mr. Hifter’s side, with the discovery of mass graves.

The interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, said Friday that dozens of bodies had been found in at least eight graves. Some victims appeared to have been buried alive.

Separately, investigators found a shipping container filled with charred bodies, possibly of detainees.

Mr. Bashagha accused al-Kaniyat of “heinous crimes.” The militia has long had a reputation for harsh treatment of perceived dissenters.


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A fighter loyal to the Libyan government carrying confiscated weapons after regaining control over Tarhuna last week.Credit...Ayman Al-Sahili/Reuters
It is unclear when the killings took place.

In August 2018, al-Kaniyat allied with a faction from the town of Misurata, now on the government side, to mount a brief assault on Tripoli. In April 2019, al-Kaniyat switched sides and joined Mr. Hifter in his assault on Tripoli.

Rights monitors said it was vital that international investigators are allowed immediate access to Tarhuna to determine how and when the people in the mass graves died.

David Schenker, a senior State Department official, told reporters Thursday that he was “troubled” by the discovery of the graves, as well as by the reports of land mines and other explosive devices left behind by Mr. Hifter’s forces.

American officials have become notably more outspoken in their criticism of Mr. Hifter in recent weeks, ever since Russia stepped up its involvement in the war by sending at least 14 warplanes to defend Mr. Hifter’s retreating troops, according to the Pentagon.

Mr. Hifter’s hasty retreat from Tripoli has sent Libya’s war in a new and unpredictable direction.

In recent days, the fighting has shifting to the central city of Surt, the birthplace of former dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, where Turkish-backed government troops are facing off against Mr. Hifter’s Russian-supported forces. Thousands of civilians in the area have fled their homes.

Turkish warships have circled in the Mediterranean close to Surt, and on Friday conducted exercises in conjunction with fighters jets in an apparent show of strength. Russian cargo planes landed at a large airport just south of the city. It is unclear if they were carrying supplies or people into the city, or out of it.

Egypt is spearheading a diplomatic drive to bring Mr. Hifter into political talks that would shore up his position in eastern Libya and an area known as the “oil crescent,” where most of Libya’s oil is produced, and which he still controls.

On Friday, Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi discussed the Libya crisis with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, also an ally of Mr. Hifter, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. They agreed to support Mr. Sisi’s political initiative, the statement said, and to continue backing Mr. Hifter’s forces “in combating terrorist and armed groups.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/13/world/middleeast/libya-mass-graves.html