LaRouche: El Sisi Government Must be Defended from Terror Assault

Lyndon LaRouche called yesterday for full international support for the Egyptian government of President EL Sisi, in the face of a mounting jihadist destabilization. The latest atrocity was the beheading executions of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, who were kidnapped in Libya, where they were seeking employment. The situation on the ground in Libya has degenerated further, and this poses a threat to Egypt, which borders Libya in the east. In addition, jihadists have been conducting intense terrorist attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula inside Egypt, and are vowing to escalate the campaign to overthrow the El Sisi government.

US sources confirm that there is now a coordinated campaign to destabilize Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, and elements now affiliated with the Islamic State, operating in eastern Libya and in the Sinai.

The border between Libya and Egypt is now a no-man’s land through which jihadist recruits are moving freely, along with weapons and funds.

In response to the beheadings, Egyptian warplanes, along with warplanes from the internationally recognized Libyan government, have attacked Islamic State and related jihadist training camps in eastern Libya for the past two days. Egypt has called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the Libya crisis. The recognized Libyan government is operating from Idlib on the east coast of Libya, as jihadists from the Libyan Dawn coalition control the capital, Tripoli. Derna, a coastal city in eastern Libya, which has been the stronghold of Ansar al-Shariah, the group behind the Sept. 11, 2012 assault on the US diplomatic posts in Benghazi, is now a center of Islamic State activity, reflecting a merging of existing Libyan jihadist militias with foreign fighters.

LaRouche warned that unless there is a concerted international effort to defeat the targeted destabilization of Egypt, the entire region will become another cauldron for general war. LaRouche observed: “Egypt is the anchor for any stability in the region…Egypt has aligned with the BRICS nations, and is moving on significant development projects for the benefit of all Egyptians. They must be defended.”