As can often be the case, the most revealing truth in a news article is buried at the end. In an article about the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) labeling Ansar al-Sharia in Libya a terrorist organization, the last paragraph reads:
Libya’s internationally recognised government has been forced to take refuge in the country’s far east to escape a mainly Islamist coalition which seized control of Tripoli at the end of August.
That actually should be the source for the headline. Ansar al-Sharia, the group blamed for the 2012 Benghazi attacks that resulted in the death of a U.S. Ambassador and three other Americans, has pledged allegiance to ISIS and is running Libya.
This should be surprising to no one. In fact, a group identified as Ansar Minbar, which was essentially Ansar al-Sharia, used Facebook to call for attacks in Libya as the Cairo attack on the U.S. embassy was taking place. Here is a screen shot from that facebook page. Note the ISIS logo inside the map of Libya on the top right and the ISIS flag in the bottom right-hand corner:
Ansar Minbar Facebook page on 9/11/12.
The UNSC is now conceding that Libya has descended into a terror state. This is relevant for many reasons. One such reason is that the UNSC supported NATO’s role in the overthrow of Gadhafi.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday added to its terror list a Libyan Islamist group accused ofinvolvement in the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed the ambassador and three other Americans.The council blacklisted Ansar al-Sharia for its ties to al-Qaeda, slapping an arms embargo, assets freeze and global travel ban on the extremists at the request of Britain, France and the United States.The measure targets Ansar al-Sharia Benghazi and its sister group Ansar al-Sharia Derna, which both have links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and other violent radical outfits.In October, Ansar al-Sharia Derna pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil), the violent Islamist group that has seized control of territory in Iraq and Syria.
All of this was predictable. The U.S. action in Libya was about empowering the Muslim Brotherhood and creating an Islamic State. This, from 2011:
http://goo.gl/uldCG7Speaking of the Muslim Brotherhood, it’s supporting another uprising just across the border from Egypt, in Libya. Not only has this been confirmed by Wikileaks and several other sources but al-Qaradawi himself has left no doubt that he supports the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi; he’s even gone so far as issuing a fatwa that authorizes Gadhafi’s military to assassinate the Libyan dictator.
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