Neil Oliver – “We’re in failed state territory. I hang my head in disbelief and sadness at what Scotland has become – the state of the economy, the state of the health service, of education, the fiasco of the ferries, the drugs deaths. It’s a shambles and shameful and I look on at the country… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Forgotten Scots
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Jul 2020. The Libya Conflict Part 2
July 2020. Libya looks to be at the end of one bleak chapter, but there is no guarantee that the next will be any better for a country that has been torn to pieces by civil war and foreign intervention since Col Muammar Gaddafi met his grisly death in 2011. Since last year Gen Khalifa… Continue reading Jul 2020. The Libya Conflict Part 2
Jul 2020. The Libya Conflict Part 1
July 2020. Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has regained full control of Tripoli after recapturing the capital’s airport. Gen Khalifa Haftar’s forces have been besieging the city since April 2019. But intensified military support from Turkey helped government forces drive Gen Haftar’s Russian-backed troops back from the frontlines. A new diplomatic effort is… Continue reading Jul 2020. The Libya Conflict Part 1