The intervention in Libya which led to the overthrow of leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 lacked a coherent strategy and was informed by inaccurate intelligence, according to a new report.
Britain's foreign affairs committee says the British and French-led intervention contributed to the rise of the Islamic State in north Africa.
Britain says the operation was internationally agreed and that Muammar Gaddafi was poised to slaughter his own people.
MP Crispin Blunt chairs the foreign affairs committee which has released the damning report.
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MP Crispin Blunt chairs the foreign affairs committee which has released the damning report.
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The Guardian's Libya correspondent Chris Stephen says the direction of the unfolding Arab Spring was incredibly hard to predict.
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Britain's foreign affairs committee says the British and French-led intervention contributed to the rise of the Islamic State in north Africa.
Britain says the operation was internationally agreed and that Muammar Gaddafi was poised to slaughter his own people.
MP Crispin Blunt chairs the foreign affairs committee which has released the damning report.
IN: "I think…
OUT: …to confront."
DUR: 13 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0914libya-blunt1.mp3
ALT:
MP Crispin Blunt chairs the foreign affairs committee which has released the damning report.
IN: "Decisions were…
OUT: …would be."
DUR: 9 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0914libya-blunt2.mp3
ALT:
The Guardian's Libya correspondent Chris Stephen says the direction of the unfolding Arab Spring was incredibly hard to predict.
IN: "Not just…
OUT: …the time."
DUR: 13 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0914libya-stephen1.mp3