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B A H E Y E L D I N A Y M A N

THE CIVIL WARS : HOW EGYPT EVADED THE
DANGER OF INTERNAL DESTRUCTION

The civil war is an internal conflict between the st ate and
in turn represent a clear danger on Egypt's borders .
official or non-official bodies or representatives w ithin
After looking at Libya's situation in the shadow of the
the state itself, so civil wars differ from internat ional
civil war,
wars that arise externally between states and each
most Arab countries have not been able to emerge
other ’s. By rolling into the definition of civil war by
from this kind of destructive crisis, unfortunately we
political researchers, we see that this type of war has
find other examples, such as Syria and Yemen,
many dimensions, and from a personal point of view i s
never less dangerous than external wars. Civil wars are
especially those countries that were directly affec ted by
similar to the inner-body viruses which destroy bod y
the Arab Spring, But the heart of the Arab countrie s,
cells. The civil wars have many motives that fall w ithin
Egypt, was certainly on the verge of a civil war tha t
their dimensions and levels, as there are groups tha t are
would have turned over all domestic and even global
aiming to independence from the first evil of a par ticular
political balances. The door was opened to semi-
rule or settlement, demanding their human and econo mic
colonial influence and hopes, and all indications wer e to
rights.
meet the aspirations of Western output powers.
There are revolutionary or pre-revolutionary groups that
tend to trigger the revolution or to cultivate a sen se of
As we investigate the results of this crisis, we fi nd that
anger within citizens in order to change a particul ar
For example, the number of victims of the civil war in
social condition. There are also civil wars that ari se from
Lebanon alone equals the number of victims of all o ur
ethnic differences or on the basis of demographics, such
wars with Israel, which is 200,000 .The first three failed
as religious and social characteristics. This is oft en a very
states, are the Sudan, Iraq, and Somalia. In the UN
sensitive cause and it is difficult to reach a solu tion for
report, the number of Iraqi refugees as result of t he
both sides.
sectarian violence of 500,000. Despite all that, rea lity
On the other hand, some wars are triggered by confli ct presents to us the fact that Egypt has a national un ity
between supporters and opponents of a particular
that is unbreakable.
regime, such as those in Libya, which is the most
prominent examples of modern-day
The harmony of Egypt's people at all levels protec ts
civil wars. It is also the most relevant example to Egypt
them from the dangers and removes the warnings of a
as its immediate our neighborhood Libya suffered so
devastating civil war, which the terrorist Brotherhoo d
much after the death of its former leader, Muammar
would have created on. another level, the internatio nal
Qaddafi, in October 2011. Above all, the new Nation al
community and the world order would not have
Council was under pressure because of the attacks o f
Islamist militias on America in 2012.Especially afte r the
allowed Egypt to be destabilized because of its
outbreak of these groups in the heart of Benghazi and the
important strategic and its privileged geographical
rest of the Libyan state. As a result, a coalition has been
location. In the history of Egypt, we have never
formed led by Haftar to counter the evil acts of te rrorist
experienced any civil wars. Of course there were man y
militias in Libya, on the other hand, the armed ter rorist
wars and bloodshed, but never two sides of the same
groups have established the Ansar al-Sharia coalitio n
Egyptian people collided with each other.
and both alliances have control over parts of Libya. Both
of these units have already formed their own politi cal
and economic systems. Both have their own goals and But this does not prevent the Egyptian institutions from
motives, for example, Ansar al-Sharia and those
reviewing themselves, recognizing their mistakes in the
responsible for the 2012 U.S offensive, have used th e state
political and legal level (in terms of religious
as a focal point for coordinating terrorist and vio lent
awareness), and not engaging in side political conf licts
operations, with the aim of complicating efforts to
and focusing on the greatest danger. The state must
establish a national government in Libya.
also clean up all the roots of the terrorist groups and
review government offices in particular. ·
Many colonial external powers share these motives, whi ch
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