GADDAFFI’S GHOST HAUNTS SARKOZY,LIBYA

GADDAFFI’S  GHOST  HAUNTS SARKOZY,LIBYA

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

ENDLESS BLOODSHED IN LIBYA,EVEN AFTER GADDAFFI'S DEMISE

GADDAFFI’S  GHOST  HAUNTS SARKOZY,LIBYA

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

The immortal ghost of slain Libyan leader and revolutionary ,Colonel Muammar Gaddaffi is believed to be haunting Former French President ,Mr Nicholas Sarkozy.

In an exclusive chat with Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos, Nigeria over a recent affair in which Mr Sarkozy was charged to court over his elections in France he was verbally attacked for betraying the slain Libyan statesman.

The Source recalled that it was the Libyan leader that funded the electoral campaigns and the elections that brought in Mr Sarkozy to public office in the first place in return for the latter’s support while in power.

He wondered what Mr sarkozy felt he would gain by joining forces with the rest of imperial forces during the war that eventually led to the assassination of Muammar Gaddaffi.

According to the source,a Federal Minister under the Gaddaffi regime who knew and had a lot of vital documentation  and information regarding the entire affair was killed near his home near Lake Geneva presumably by French intelligence or full blown assassins as the Sarkozy camp tried to cover –up its tracks.

He added that since the case has since been adjourned the rest of the world was watching to see which sides justice will swing in the end.

A Nigerian [names with held]who spent five yeas as a resident of Benghazi between 1986 till 1991 lamented the death of the Libyan leader and insisted that except the global community take unbiased decisions on the nation now it was never going to have peace judging from the way the nation had erupted in an orgy of endless violence since the death of Gaddaffi.

Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have carried out air strikes near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by a rival administration, officials said, as UN-sponsored peace talks were due to start in Morocco.

Mohamed El Hejazi, spokesman for army forces loyal to the government of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni based in Tobruk, said war planes had attacked Tripoli's Mitiga airport and other targets in western Libya.

"This is part of our campaign against terrorism," he said.

Abdulsalam Buamoud, a spokesman for Mitiga airport, said the planes had missed the airport, but a security source said a missile battery some 10km from the airport on the outskirts of Tripoli had been hit.

Wednesday's air strikes came after the military chief of Thinni's government expressed doubt about UN-backed talks in Morocco aimed at ending the country's political split and said that he was "betting on a military solution" if a deal remains elusive.

General Khalifa Haftar's comments in a TV interview on Tuesday underscored the obstacles to any

We are betting on a military solution Khalifa Haftar, General of internationally recognised Libyan government

agreement between rival governments in Libya.

Haftar, who commands forces loyal to the Tobruk-based government, separately told the Associated Press news agency that he does not oppose negotiations outright.

He said he would abide by decisions of his government, but said it was not clear how the political rivals could reach a deal.

He would not agree to any ceasefire with armed groups, he said.

"Then the military solution is a must because it is decisive ... when we are forced to, when we see our homeland torn apart as it is happening now, between militias and terrorists, we resort to a military solution. We are betting on the military solution," Haftar said.

Haftar said he believes his forces could win such a battle even though they currently control only a small area of Libya and no major cities.

Jordan backs Haftar

On Monday, Haftar met Jordan's King Abdullah and senior military officials, who gave Haftar their backing.

The international community is pushing for a deal, fearing Libya's chaos could destabilise its neighbours.

Hafter warned last month that fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya would inflitrate Europe if the West failed to support Libyan forces with arms and ammunition.

Libya effectively split in half last year when forces allied to Haftar attempted to drive rival militias out of Tripoli and were defeated, leaving the country's internationally recognised government and elected parliament confined to the eastern cities of Tobruk and Bayda.

The rival government, led by the Libya Dawn coalition, controls the capital Tripoli.

The two sides have been negotiating in Morocco to end months of fighting, the bloodiest since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

Bernadino Leon, the UN envoy, has visited both sides in Tripoli and Tobruk, where he has proposed keeping Libya's elected parliament and setting up a unity government of independents.

A new round of talks is due to begin on Wednesday.

Benghazi, a port city on the Mediterranean Sea, is among the places witnessing intense fighting between armed factions [Reuters] ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM WIRED AGENCIES[REUTERS]