Sound The Trumpet : Islamist Militants on Verge of Capturing Libya

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“Islamist Militants on Verge of Capturing Libya”
by The Vancouver Sun
October 28th, 2014

LONDON — Egypt is warning terrorist groups are poised to seize control of Libya’s oilfields, as the country’s foreign minister appealed for an expansion of the Western-led campaign against jihadists fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq & Al-Sham (ISIS) to tackle extremism threatening North Africa.

Sameh Shukri, the Egyptian foreign minister, used a visit to London Monday to push for a new approach from Britain and the West to Islamist violence in Egypt and its neighbours, modelled on the campaign targeting the Islamic extremists.

“The natural resources in Libya represents a very large pool of wealth and funding that will fund terrorist activity not only there but in other parts of the world,” he said. “You see

Egypt has supported the Libyan government against Islamist militias that now control most of the country’s big cities and large swaths of territory, though not yet the oilfields capable of producing 2.7 million barrels a day.

“We have a struggle against similar organizations that are an offshoot of other terrorist ideologies like the AP/Maya Alleruzzo/File

He pressed Philip Hammond, the British foreign secretary, to increase cooperation over “common security threats” and also met MPs from all parties in the House of Commons.

After 33 members of the Egyptian security forces were killed last week by attacks on the Sinai peninsula blamed on the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, Mr. Hammond promised to intensify cooperation with the Cairo government.

Islamic fighters have been battling security forces in the Sinai for a decade, but the violence spiked after the military overthrew Mr. Morsi in July 2013 amid massive protests demanding his resignation. Suicide bombings and assassinations have also spread to other parts of Egypt, with police in Cairo and the Nile Delta frequent targets.

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