Canadian military, diplomatic goals in Libya don't match up

At the same time, there are increasing signs of a NATO draw-down occurring.

Published August 10, 2011

The Canadian military and NATO are pursuing a Libyan end-game more advanced than the "political settlement" Canada is pushing for diplomatically, which critics say is undermining the pursuit of political goals more in line with relevant UN Security Council resolutions. At the same time, there are increasing signs of a draw-down in Western military forces in the region—and Canada may not be far behind its allies.

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03/16/12 at 05:03 pm

There are many ancient Roman sites in Zliten, such as the Villa of Omira ( Darbuk Omira' ), and the Castle in Al-Jumaa. The town also coaintns the Mausoleum and Mosque of Sidi Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar, a revered Islamic saint who lived and died in Zliten during the 15th century. There is some fine Arabic calligraphy in sandstone on top of the outer pillars of the building saying al-mulk-'illah ( Everything to Allah ).[6] The town is famous for its olives, palm trees and citrus fruits along beautiful coastal shores. The Slat Abn Shaif Synagogue (Hebrew: ×‘×™×ª ×”×›× ×¡×ª ×¦×œ××ª ×‘×Ÿ ×©××™×£â€Ž) in Zliten is a historic synagogue and Lag Ba'omer pilgrimage site for Libyan Jews. It is over 900 years old.The gaddaffi troops from Gharyan retreated to Tripoli I imagine ..There should be a real clusterfu-ck in Tripoli right about now .Do you want to destroy the city, .Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ..I like giving the oil and natural gas cutoff a chance to take root, and letting it work on the psyche of the city. In realizing the futility of the situation, there WILL BE mass defection, escapism, and pressure against the regime from within.What we don't want to do is let the zliten Gaddaffi contingent retreat to Tripoli I say lay seige to Zliten now. Cut off their route to Tripoli with the aid of NATO of course ..If you leave them no exit, maybe they'll leave you no mines .Move up the coastal side and cut them off. It's a test case for Tripoli ..

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