We are all thankful that there were no casualties in the Libyan hijack today. This reminds us of the connection between the parlous security in the Sahara and the Mediterranean littoral. For analaysis of the Fezzan and its capital, Sebha, where Muammar Gadhafi stored his nuclear yellow cake and the British military team was attacked in 2012, see page 283 of Belfast to Benghazi.
Rupert Wieloch 