Libia, Más Consecuencias del Ataque de la Otán: Cristianos Etíopes Asesinados

El texto que copio más abajo fue publicado en Etiopía el 25 de Abril a propósito del asesinato de cristianos etíopes en Libia. Su autor Sam Akaki nació en Uganda y actúa en la política inglesa. (Fue candidato a parlamentario en el 2010). El autor recuerda la desgraciada intervención de Inglaterra y Francia lideradas por Cameron y Sarkozy, quienes llenos de entusiasmo y junto a Estados Unidos, dirigieron el ataque que ha llevado a la situación catastrófica en que se encuentra Libia hoy.

Consecuencias del ataque Occidental:  refugiados que arrancan a Europa para morir ahogados en el Mediterráneo y asesinatos como el de los cristianos etíopes al cual se refiere el autor en su columna.

Akaki describe como se gestó el ataque a Libia, el abandono desvergonzado en que Occidente ha dejado el país y como en él hoy reinan el caos y la anarquía  con funestas consecuencias para los libios.

The Reporter (Addis Ababa) 

25 APRIL 2015

SAM AKAKI

Ethiopian Christians Paying the Ultimate 

Price for Nato Invasion of Libya

As the world joins Ethiopia in mourning its citizens, butchered like chickens and their bodies discarded like rubbish in Libya last Sunday simply because they were Christians with darker skin colour, we must not forget the genesis of how Libya became a failed state, haven for terrorists, gold mine for people smugglers, genocidal killing-field and mass grave yard almost overnight four years ago.

Many would agree with the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, who said on the popular BBC Sunday Politics show, "it was the European response that caused this problem in the first place, the fanaticism of (former French president) Nicolas Sarkozy and (British Prime Minister) David Cameron to bomb Libya and what they've done is to completely destabilize Libya; to turn it into a country with much savagery; to turn it into a place where for Christians the situation is now virtually impossible and we ought to be honest and say have we directly caused this problem."

For the benefit of those with selected memories, especially NATO leaders, this is how they have directly and indirectly caused the deaths of 28 Ethiopian Christians and hundreds of thousands of Muslim men, women and children in Libya and across Africa from the north, east and west.

Using or misusing their nuclear weapons status, which give then veto power at the UN Security Council, Britain, France and USA co-sponsored and pushed through Resolution 1973 of March 17, 2011, which authorised "Member States that have notified the Secretary-General, acting nationally or through regional organizations or arrangements (read NATO), to take all necessary measures, to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi."

To their credit, Russia and China, which often oppose the use of force against a sovereign country as they believe it sets a dangerous precedent, abstained rather than using their power of veto as permanent members.

But acting under coercion or inducement, three African Union members, namely Gabon, Nigeria and South Africa that were then rotating members of the council, voted for the invasion of a sister member state!

Be as it may, two days later on March 19, 2011, NATO started a devastating bombardment of Libya from the air, while providing strategic satellite intelligence information to rebels fighting the Gadaffi on the ground.

Within days of Col Muammar Gadaffi's death, the British Prime Minister David Cameron stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Libyan Transitional Council (TNC) leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil and told a mammoth crowed in Liberty Square in the city of Benghazi on September 15:

"It is great to be in a free Benghazi and a free Libya. Your city was an inspiration to the world. While we are proud of the role that we played to help, we know this was your revolution from your bravery. Now, just as your courage has written the last chapter of Libyan history, so it must write the next one; and your friends in Britain and in France will stand with you as you build your democracy and build your country for the future."

But today there is neither peace, nor democracy nor future for Libya. Instead, we have two parliaments, two governments and several militia armies battling each other for supremacy. The internationally recognised parliament is based in the eastern port of Tobruk. Its rival, the Islamist-dominated General National Congress, is nearly 1,000km (620 miles) to the west in the capital, Tripoli.

The so-called friends of Libyans, namely the British, French and the USA, who promised to "stand with you as you build your democracy and build your country for the future" have long closed their embassies, withdrawn their staff and left the country to the local gunmen and foreign jihadists.

The 28 Ethiopian Christians are not the only ones, who have paid for NATO's invasion of Libya. On February 15 this year, ISIL released a shocking video showing the beheading of twenty-one Egyptian Christians, who were dressed in orange jumpsuits and forced onto their knees as the knives fell on their necks.

At the same time, using the arms smuggled from Libya, Islamic fundamentalists have killed literally hundreds of thousands of Muslim men, women and children in Libya, Mali, Nigeria and Somalia.

The US has also paid a price for its action in Libya. On September 11, 2012, Jihadists attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, killing US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and Foreign Service information management Officer Sean Smith. Stevens was the first US Ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979. A few hours later, a second assault targeted a different US compound about one mile away, killing two CIA contractors, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.

As the Muslims and Christians pay the ultimate cost of NATO invasion of Libya, others are making millions of blood dollars out of their suffering. No one is benefiting more than the international arms dealers, private security contractors, chequebook journalist, reconstruction experts and armies consultants.

Clearly, Britain, France and the US have transformed the UN Security Council from being the custodian of international peace and security to a body that rubber-stamps NATO's unquenchable thirst for war and destruction to create lucrative business opportunities for their clients. That is why the African Union and civil society orgnaisations around the world should intensify the campaign for the reform and democratization of the UN, which is the only way to stop the lunatics from taking over the asylum.

Meanwhile, with foreign NGOs like the International Crisis Group and Amnesty International lining up to write inflammatory reports calling for western intervention in Ethiopia, this wonderful country could be next after Libya, unleashing devastating consequences for Christians and Muslims alike.

Sam Akaki is Ugandan-born former independent parliamentary candidate in the UK's May 2010 general election, and writer on Africa in the global village. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of The Reporter.