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The dismissed Foreign Minister of Dabaiba, Najla Al-Mangoush, confirmed that the assassination of the martyred leader Muammar Gaddafi unleashed chaos in #Libya, noting that broadcasting images of Gaddafi's body to the world in the February 2011 catastrophe carried darker truths. 

Al-Mangoush said, in an article in the British newspaper "The Guardian", that the similarities between what happened in #Libya and #Syria are blatant to the extreme, and that the world must beware of repeating the same experience in Syria. 

She pointed out that as "a former foreign minister in Libya, I urge the world not to allow Syria to become another cautionary tale of a nation that was forced to collapse under the weight of global indifference and divided leadership, as we cannot allow the power vacuum in Syria to escalate into a civil war as the international community did in Libya." 

 “Gaddafi’s death unleashed chaos, with clashes and civil war breaking out, and the chaos deepening as warlords seized territory and groups like Al Qaeda exploited Libya’s suffering,” she said. 

“In Benghazi, once a symbol of hope, Salafist groups with extremist ideologies seized power, poisoning the country’s political veins. Now living in Britain, I am a product of the geostrategic game that forced me into exile, but my story is not unique.”

“When the revolution began, leaders like Obama, Sarkozy and Cameron, along with NATO, rushed to offer support and present themselves as champions of the Libyan people, but their superficial actions failed to address the country’s long-term needs,” she continued.

 “Left unchecked, these militias weakened institutions, and the country descended into chaos. The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program that began in late 2011 was poorly implemented, but instead of promoting stability, it destabilized Libya, sparking attacks on civilians abroad,” she continued. 

“Over time, the country’s rich cultural heritage and infrastructure were destroyed, leaving scars on the nation’s history that continue to bleed to this day,” she continued. “Obama has since described the failure to plan for the aftermath of Libya as his worst mistake in office, while a British public inquiry condemned the lack of a coherent post-Gaddafi strategy.” 

“Syria could face the same fate,” she warned, as the country teeters between peace and chaos, rival rebel factions jockey for power, and an interim government led by a leader with ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda. 

 “The crisis for Syria, as it happened in Libya, is the international community’s lack of a strategy to address the consequences, as weapons and ideologies flow from different countries into the region, risking the rise of extremism and deepening divisions,” she concluded.
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