“Mediterranean will not be a safe sea. There will be pirates, and they will be obliged to control the Mediterranean, to make it safe,†he said. “I do not think the French economy can support that.â€
The security chief of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly fled the country for neighboring Niger on Tuesday. With Gaddafi’s whereabouts still unknown and rebels controlling most of Libya, experts fear the real chaos is yet to come.
Mohamed Hassan is one of Africa’s most experienced diplomats. Just back from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, he says NATO bombing has turned it into a ghost town. “There is no police, there is no administration, there are no schools,†he said.
Law and order has been replaced by a motley crew of rebels. Some fear that the various groups who have emerged might soon start fighting each other.
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