The Growth of IS - The New War on Terror

The New York Times: Reports " The Islamic State is expanding beyond its base in Syria and Iraq to establish militant affiliates in Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt and Libya, American intelligence officials assert, raising the prospect of a new global war on terror. "

Lets Get Real:

The major strategic mistake of the Obama Administration in 2011 was to leave Iraq, after the US left we see the growth if IS from Syria to Iraq and now to the above Countries.    The US still has around ten thousand troops in Afghanistan, thus they back back up the Afghan Government and forces, in Egypt the new President has cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood and is fighting IS. in Libya its a mess, that what happens after you lead from behind.  In Yemen the US backed government has fallen to a Iran back group, while Al Qaeda has moved to take over Yemeni military bases.    The perception of success in Yemen as stated by the Obama Oval is now another Tehran gain.    The next US President, be he or she will have  a tough job after the mess of the Obama years, in a few months we see the result of the Iran talks, there is fear in Israel that Obama will take a BAD deal over no deal, thus that could lead to Israel bombing Iran.   Tense days ahead in the Middle East. 

Threat to UK Libyan Embassy - Libya

BBC News: Reports on a threat to the UK Embassy in Libya. 

Lets Get Real: 

The Arab Spring and the end of Gaddafi of Libya has made Northern Africa a hot bed for terrorism action, from Mali to Algeria back to Libya, there has been a growth of Al Qaeda linked terror networks, the French with help from the US and the UK is pushing back Al Qaeda units in Mali, the Algerian Government is not in to taking prisoners when it comes to terrorists, it just wants to kill them, even if innocent people get in the way, the fall of Gaddafi has allowed his Regime weapons to flood the region, even the CIA is using Libyan weapons as to help the Syrian rebels,  also it allows the Oval to say it not giving weapons to Syrian rebels.  Lets hope the French can push the terrorists out of Mali, that the tough Algerian Government can take care of its own, in their own way, and that the new Libyan Government can secure the country.    

UK Citizens GET OUT of Benghazi, Libya - FCO

UK FCO: Reports in its travel advice web page that NO UK Citizens should go to Benghazi and those there should leave due to a terrorist threat. 

Lets Get Real: 

The UK Government is not falling in to the trap that the Oval did folks, it is getting its people OUT, it does not want further UK Citizens to be taken hostage as in Algeria, the French operation in Mali has caused regional problems for the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, these two Countries have told their Citizens to get out.   The Libyan Government is not happy, well they should make sure that post Gaddafi Libya is more secure, it should get the guns and other defence equipment off the street.   It has come out in the US at the Hillary Clinton Senate hearing that the US is moving arms from Libya through Turkey to Syria, one can assume this is a CIA operation,  the idea being that there are no finger prints on the guns, if taken by the Assad regime they can not be traced back to the US, clever if it had not come out.   The Middle East always leaks folks, that is the nature of the game. 

Algerian Update - Terror Update 2

Telegraph Live: Reports the following in its 6.39pm post, " ...some 30 are still unaccounted for. Up to 12 of those may be Britons. Meanwhile, the US has confirmed that an unknown number of Americans are still being held hostage. ".

Lets Get Real:

This is the last thing the Oval needs before it starts its 2nd term, the Al Qaeda linked terrorists could be returning to the example of the Tehran Regime at the end of the Carter Administration,  between 1979 -81, they held over fifty diplomats as hostages, this ended the Carter Presidency, while even the great Ronald Reagan had his Iran problem, selling old missiles  to Iran as to get Iran to help release US hostages in Lebanon, net result, more hostages were taken.   The Al Qaeda linked groups in Africa might not be able to pull off another 9/11 but they can cause massive problems for Western companies and Western Government by taking hostages and causing hart burn in the Oval and Downing Street.  The French were right to take on the Islamic terrorists in Mali, its close enough that should the terrorists take over Mali that it would be a threat to the region and to Europe.   This growing threat has to be dealt with, the War on Terror is not over folks, it never was, no matter what the Oval thinks, events have a way telling the truth folks, even to the Oval. 

Latest from Algeria - Terrorist Update 1

Guardian: Reports on the latest from the hostage crisis in Algeria, " A small group of jihadists are still holding part of the In Amenas natural gas plant ....about 30 foreign contractors at the site have still not been accounted for.. ".

Lets Get Real: 

The UK and US Governments should demand that the SAS and US Special Forces be allowed to take out this small terrorist unit, our Soldiers are the experts at this close combat, the US and UK train their special forces for years to deal with these kind of incidents.    Thus time for the Western Powers to place political and economic pressure on the Algerian Government to give way on this case, the UK does not want to lose its 10 Citizens, the Algerian Government is used to fighting large civil war cases, this requires a fine military strike, not bombs away and lets see the result.   Yes folks this blog is not that happy with the Algerian Government, but that is also the feeling in the US and the UK. 

Algerian Hostages - Mali Effect

BBC News: Reports that thirty Foreign hostages are still missing after the Algerian Army moved in to counter Al Qaeda linked terrorists at a oil installation. 

Lets Get Real:

The blog has not reported on the Algerian terrorist attack as the details even now remain scant, and not complete, at least 10 UK Subjects have not bee accounted for, the UK Government was not informed that that the Algerian Army was going in, one has to say it was a massive attack, it can be assumed that that the UK and US wanted to send in the SAS and US Special Forces but that the Algerian Government want to show it could take out local terrorists.   The Al Qaeda linked group has stated that the French action in Mali is one of the reasons for the attack,  as has been reported the plan was well planned, the French action just gave the terrorists some more PR to use against the West and increase support among their supporters.  The West should NEVER deal with terrorists, that is one lesson of Iran - Contra, you either capture terrorists or kill them, the Obama kill policy with drones has been very successful, on terrorists the Oval has been 100% right, kill first and ask questions after, if ever.