Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya

serpentdove

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[Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya] "As ISIS makes inroads into Libya, officials in Rome are panicking about an Islamic State just across the sea—but have no idea how to combat the crisis.

Rome — Last weekend in Italy, as the threat of ISIS in Libya hit home with a new video addressed to “the nation signed with the blood of the cross” and the warning, “we are south of Rome,” Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi shuttered up the Italian embassy in Tripoli and raised his fist with the threat of impending military action. Never mind that Italy has only 5,000 troops available that are even close to deployable, according to the defense ministry. Or that the military budget was cut by 40 percent two years ago, which has kept the acquisition of 90 F-35 fighter jets hanging in the balance and left the country combat-challenged to lead any mission—especially one against an enemy like the Islamic State..." Full text: Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya Mt 24:6
 

steko

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Yeah, I lived in Sicily 1970'- 72' and Ragusa, Sicily's southern most city is only 300 direct air/sea miles from Tripoli. If immigrants journeyed from Tripoli through Tunisia to Tunis, it would only be ten to twelve hours by boat to Palermo, Sicily. I flew from Palermo to Tunis commercially in 45 minutes.
 

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Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya

Given what the Italians did to the Lybians, Ethiopians and other African peoples, "what-goes-around-comes-around!"
 
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