Libya’s envoy to the UN lashed out at Qatar for providing military and financial assistance to Libyan Islamists.
Just a month earlier, Qatar was an important part of the NATO coalition that invaded Tripoli. Now the shrewd Qatari ruler understands that the Western-propped interim government in Libya is doomed and that power will fall to the Al Qaeda affiliates that rule Tripoli and have a strong presence in the Sahara. Unlike Western moralists, Qatar’s al Thani prefers to bet on the winner.
