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LIBYA – The news focuses on the dire and escalating conflict in Libya, the military attacks, the politico-religious dimensions, even the issue of oil. But if you are a woman in Libya, as in a rural village, or a woman wanting to migrate across the Mediterranean and prey to traffickers and treacherous boats, you only want safety, peace, for you and your children. Where can you go to security and survival; how can you cope and survive? The world’s attention is immersed in so many traumas and conflicts, but you are in Libya; and this is now the center of your world! WUNRN

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IOM –International Organization for Migration

Full Article: http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home/news-and-views/press-briefing-notes/pbn-2015/pbn-listing/iom-calls-for-a-coordinated-resp.html

 

LIBYA – CALL FOR COORDINATED RESPONSE TO “UNREVELLING” LIBYA – DANGERS FOR CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN THE

ESCALATING CONFLICT IN LIBYA AND TO THOUSANDS OF STRANDED MIGRANTS – WOMEN & CHILDREN AT RISK & EXTREMELY VULNERABLE

 

Feb-16-2015 - Italy - As violence escalates in Libya, IOM is calling on world governments to act swiftly to face the growing threat to migrants. Over 1,600 have been rescued from unseaworthy boats on the Mediterranean Sea since Friday (13/2).

“This is a clear signal that the situation in Libya is unravelling. We also know this from the fact that Italy and several other nations have already evacuated their citizens from the country,” IOM Director General William Lacy Swing said on Monday (16/2). “We must stand ready to assist thousands of extremely vulnerable people who need our help,” he added………

 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-mideast-crisis-libya-egypt-idUSKBN0LJ10D20150216

 

LIBYA – EGYPT BOMBS ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS IN LIBYA AFTER 21 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS BEHEADED

 

By Omar Fahmy and Yara Bayoumy – 16 February 2015

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians, drawing Cairo directly into the conflict across its border.

 

Egypt said the dawn strike hit militant camps, training sites and weapons storage areas in neighboring Libya, where civil conflict has plunged the country into near anarchy and created havens for armed factions.

 

While Cairo is believed to have provided clandestine support to a Libyan general fighting a rogue government in Tripoli, the mass killings pushed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi into open action, expanding his battle against Islamist militancy.

 

Libya's air force also participated in Monday's attack on Derna -- an eastern coastal city seen as a base for Islamic State fighters in the oil-rich nation.

 

"There are casualties among individuals, ammunition and the (Islamic State) communication centers," Libyan air force commander Saqer al-Joroushi told Egyptian state television, adding that between 40 to 50 militants were killed.

 

It was not possible to confirm those numbers.

 

"More air strikes will be carried out today and tomorrow in coordination with Egypt," said Joroushi, who is loyal to Libya's internationally recognized government, which has set up camp in the eastern city of Tobruk after losing control of Tripoli.

 

The rival Tripoli-based parliament, which is supported by some Islamist groups, condemned Monday's strike as an assault on the country's sovereignty.

 

Cairo also called on the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to broaden the scope of their operations to include Libya, highlighting how the militant group is expanding its reach around the Arab world.

 

Since the fall of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, a number of Islamist movements have taken hold. Recently, some have declared ties to Islamic State and claimed high-profile attacks in what appears to be intensifying campaign.

 

Last month, Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, killing nine people, including an American security contractor and a Frenchman.

 

CHRISTIAN CONDEMNATION

 

Egypt is not the only Arab nation sucked into confrontation with Islamic State by the gruesome killings of its citizens……..

 

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