Post-Gadhafi Libya now a jihadist springboard backed by Iran, Qatar, Sudan and Turkey

By World Tribune on March 2, 2015   Africa / Europe, Algeria, BB Top Story, Egypt, Exclusives, Hamas, Hizbullah, Intel Brief, Iran, Israel, Italy, Libya, Mideast, Morocco, NATO, Qatar, Recent Hits, Sudan, Terrorism, Tunisia, Turkey  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The consolidation of a self-proclaimed Caliphate in eastern Libya provides the jihadist camp with springboard into Africa and southern Europe. That strategic thrust, supported strongly by Qatar, Sudan, Iran, and Turkey, has already begun, and highlights the transformation of […]