Africans Breaking with Libya War

We have Congressman Gerald Nadler of Manhattan, NY breaking with Obama's Libya war, and people in Africa also are pissed off. See --Africans Resist Obama's Illegal War Against Libya

July 9 --The destabilizing effects of the U.S./NATO war
against Libya are causing African nations to speak out against
it, and resist U.S. efforts to get dragged into it. The
government of Kenya is being particularly defiant despite U.S.
pressure to break its links with the Libyan regime. Acting
Foreign Minister George Saitoti, yesterday, accused the Western
powers of using "violence against civilians" in Libya and
announced that the government would not freeze Libyan assets in
Kenya. "Kenya has not acceded to pressure by third parties to
sever diplomatic ties with Libya," he said and added that such
calls were "contrary to Kenya's position of the best way" out of
the Libyan crisis, and contrary to recent African Union
resolutions calling for a negotiated settlement. According to
Kenyan media, Libya has vast economic assets in Kenya, including
a luxury hotel and an oil marketing firm with more than 100
gasoline stations, making Kenya a target of western efforts to
isolate Libya.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, concerns are
being raised about arms trafficking out of Libya that is
benefiting the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
(AQIM), which is said to be responsible for a string of
kidnappings and ambushes across the Sahel region. Last month,
reported, VOA, yesterday, security forces in Niger recovered
detonators, more than 600 kilograms of semtex explosives and
$90,000 in cash after a shoot out with suspected terrorists. The
Niger government said that the arms came from Libya and were
destined for AQIM. In addition to Niger, Mali and Mauretania have
also expressed concern that insurgents in Libya are selling they
capture from the Libyan government to AQIM.
Similarly, Algerian forces are increasing their presence
along Algeria's 900 km border with Libya. According to Reuters,
officials in Algiers are voicing concerns about the arms and
explosives coming into the country from Libya, which are being
looted from Libyan army depots.
Refugee flows are another destabilizing effect of Obama's
war on Libya. Hundreds of thousands of foreign workers have fled
back to their own countries which are hardly able to absorb them
into impoverished economies. President Issoufou of Niger said
that Niger has lost billions of francs in taxes and trade as well
as remittances from 200,000 Nigeriens who were working in Libya.
In the Mediterrean, it was reported that more than 1,000 Africans
landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa, overnight Friday,
bringing the total to more than 11,000 who have landed there
trying to escape various wars in North Africa since the beginning
of the year. According to the Italian Catholic organization
Sant'Egidio, at least 1,820 migrants from North Africa have
drowned in efforts to reach Europe.