"With weapons alone can not defeat terror group Islamic State," said a correspondent for the Arab world Lex Runderkamp. He responds thus in the NOS Radio 1 News on the US plans to supply weapons to Libya.
According Runderkamp are the weapons mainly meant to get on the same side of the noses in Libya. "In addition to IS, there are many militias operating in Libya, fighting against each other. The West has been trying for months to get the militias extent that they forget infighting and IS going to see as a common enemy."
And that seems to work. "Sentiment to defeat IS there, but the strategic thinking is lacking. With Western arms and military advice to the government of national unity must, which has little power, the militia got to hold on to. They can BEEN beat together, the thought."
From Libya is only a small step to reach Europe.
Correspondent Lex RunderkampThe plan to supply weapons seems to be at odds with the arms embargo against Libya, which was established five years ago by the UN when the uprising began against Gaddafi."But the situation becomes more threatening. It is difficult to give figures, but IS is growing in Libya. And from Libya is a relatively small step to achieve, through Italy, Europe. That is why the great powers now want to circumvent the embargo. "
It is intended that the arms embargo remains in force. The weapon delivery should be seen as an exception, saying the US and the four other permanent members of the UN Security Council, which supports the plan.
There are risks associated with the delivery arm, says Runderkamp. "The risk that the weapons fall into the wrong hands. We have seen for example in Iraq earlier. But the West still believes that now is the time to assist the Libyan government in the war against IS."
Little affected by IS
According Libya expert Gerbert van der Aa, it is still questionable whether Libya is really willing to fight as one against IS. "I feel that the Libyans themselves did not have any problems from IS," he says in the NOS Radio 1 News.
The people have other things on his head, says Van der Aa. "In the two largest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, people are harassed by the collapsed economy. The oil exports has been neglected, food is scarce and there is hardly any work. That's for the Libyans much more serious than a group of warriors up 10,000 men that somewhere is in the middle of the country. "
By: NOS Editors: Photo: AFP
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