[Peace-discuss] Flacks often don't know the facts, either

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Apparently none of Clinton's handlers pointed out to her that the population of 
Somalia is 1.5 times that of Libya.]

_U.S. fears Libya could become "a giant Somalia"_

WASHINGTON | Wed Mar 2, 2011 12:11pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of Washington's biggest concerns is that Libya will 
slide into chaos and become a haven for al Qaeda much like Somalia though it 
does not now expect that, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

"One of our biggest concerns is Libya descending into chaos and becoming a giant 
Somalia. It's right now not something that we see in the offing but many of the 
al Qaeda activists in Afghanistan and later in Iraq came from Libya and came 
from eastern Libya, which is now the so-called free area of Libya," Clinton told 
U.S. lawmakers said.

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