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Libya: Send Us More Arms Or Face Wider Terrorism Threat
Libya on Saturday asked the world either to give it more weapons and other support to help restore security and rebuild its institutions or to declare outright that the conflict-torn North...

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Published September 27, 2014

Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives, of Libya, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)(The Associated Press)

Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives, of Libya, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(The Associated Press)

Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives, of Libya, addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(The Associated Press)

UNITED NATIONS Libya pleaded with the international community on Saturday to help it stand up to Islamist-allied militias that have taken control of government buildings, saying the United Nations must impose sanctions or risk a terrorist expansion throughout North Africa.

Ageila Saleh Eissa, president of the House of Representatives, addressed the annual U.N. General Assembly of world leaders after weeks of fighting among rival militias in Libya forced nearly a quarter-million people to flee their homes.

"From this podium, I say that turning a blind eye to terrorism in Libya is deemed unacceptable," Eissa said.

"The international community has either to stand with the elected, legitimate authorities and (impose sanctions) or say very clearly that the Libyans have to face terrorism alone," Eissa said. "Hence, the international community must withstand the effects of terrorism expansion in North Africa and the Sahel region."

Libya has grown increasingly lawless in recent weeks, and has been witnessing the worst violence since the 2011 overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The violence, which erupted in July, forced Libya's elected House of Representatives to convene in the eastern city of Tobruk after militias seized the capital, Tripoli, and the country's second-largest city, Benghazi. The militias, meanwhile, formed their own government and revived Libya's outgoing parliament in Tripoli.

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Libya pleads for international help in battling terror groups affiliated with al-Qaida

The Libyan government is unable to control brigades of former rebels who helped oust Muammar Gaddafi that are now battling each other. An armed opposition group from the city of Misrata took control of Tripoli in July, forcing parliament to move to the eastern city of Tobruk.

Members of a Libyan militia late last month took over an annex of the US Embassy in Tripoli that had been abandoned in July as clashes escalated.

Turning a blind eye to terrorism in Libya is no longer acceptable, Agila said in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

The international community has either to stand with the elected legitimate authorities... or state very clearly that Libya has to face terrorism alone, he added.

Agila said terrorism and extremism... now forms a broad front stretching from Iraq to Algeria and inaction will leave the international community facing the effects of its further expansion in North Africa and the Sahel.

The UN Security Council late in August passed a resolution that tightened the international arms embargo on Libya and extended sanctions to groups and individuals that threaten the countrys peace and stability.

The failure to provide arms and training to the Libyan army in its war against terrorism serves the interest of extremism, Agila said.

Libya, until recently awash in cash thanks to oil export revenue as an OPEC member, last year ran an 8 billion-dinar (RM20.8 billion) deficit as a wave of protests cut into crude output. Earlier this week, a senior lawmaker said the deficit could more than double to 19 billion Libyan dinars this year. Reuters

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