Why the Libyan Rebellion is poorly absorbed by Algiers

The situation on the border with Libya is very worrying, since talks came to the surface about possible transshipment border of arms, including antiaircraft missiles, flowing from Libya to the Algerian territory by Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb. Given such proliferation of terrorist activities and international forces intervening in Libya, Algeria has decided to react, fearing that any change or arrangement in the neighboring country or inimical decision could affect Algeria the most.

That is why the rebellion in Libya is very poorly absorbed by Algiers, believing that the withdrawal of the Leader Kadhafi, encouraged by the Western powers, will have serious consequences not only within Libya but throughout the region, promoting Al Qaeda terrorists to carry weapons through uncontrolled territories, from Chad to northern Mali. And that is why Algiers is fully invested in contributing to a negotiated solution to this crisis. A crisis that goes back to the time when the hatred and ethnicity had split the Eastern and Western regions of Libya, and nobody has so far expressed any disagreement or opposition to the deteriorating situation there.

But today, Algiers is stating that the Libyan Leader’s departure will not address the situation in this country and its consequences are beginning to be felt dramatically in Algeria. These fears have prompted the Algerian Minister of Interior, Daho Ould Kablia, to call the people of the South to be vigilant. However, there’s something amazing but legitimate to wonder if the  ministerial meeting, that was held in Algiers, in recent past, and seemingly aiming to put order in relations among countries of the Sahel (Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Chad, Libya and Burkina Faso), with the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the Bamako process on security, has not span  in a kind of already forgotten or simply in “a donor and recipients of lessons” as if terrorism is not an international matter, but rather a regional one,and better more as  a domestic matter for fear of revealing weaknesses and serious breaches of state structures and government responsibilities…

In other words, let’s put it in this way; yesterday Algiers was rejecting by the voice of Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia “any outside interference in the Sahel region, under the umbrella of terrorism”; and today Algiers is crying to the “Woolf”, fearing any event that could affect its stability or security. The worst situation could be Libya drifting to a deep civil war and recalling the dramatic era of 1992 in Algeria. That what Algiers does not want to experience again and at any price…

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