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The Italian Foreign Minister expressed concern that the number of Libyan refugees trying to reach Italy might reach between 200,000 and 300,000 people.<ref>{{cite news| author =Squires, Nick |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8343963/Libya-Italy-fears-300000-refugees.html |title=Libya: Italy Fears 300,000 Refugees |work =The Daily Telegraph|date=23 February 2011 |accessdate=|location=London}}</ref> The number would exceed 3 million in coming years before it's all over.
The Italian Foreign Minister expressed concern that the number of Libyan refugees trying to reach Italy might reach between 200,000 and 300,000 people.<ref>{{cite news| author =Squires, Nick |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8343963/Libya-Italy-fears-300000-refugees.html |title=Libya: Italy Fears 300,000 Refugees |work =The Daily Telegraph|date=23 February 2011 |accessdate=|location=London}}</ref> The number would exceed 3 million in coming years before it's all over.
[[File:Europeter.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Map showing immigration pathways]]
[[File:Europeter.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Map showing immigration pathways]]
The same day Gaddafi warned former UK Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] by phone, thatnif his regime is allowed to fall, the [[jihad]]is would use Libya as a springboard for attacks in [[Europe]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/12086505/Tony-Blairs-phone-conversations-with-Colonel-Gaddafi-revealed.html Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe], By Robert Mendick, ''Telegraph'' 07 Jan 2016. telegraph.co.uk</ref> This is exactly what happened, as Gaddafi predicted: the Islamic State took credit for the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 137, wounding 368, and the February 2016 Brussels bombing killing 35 and injuring 340, numerous other jhad attacks.
On February 25 [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] announced suspension of Libyan embassy operations in Washington. The same day Gaddafi warned former UK Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] by phone, that if his regime were allowed to fall, the [[jihad]]is would use Libya as a springboard for attacks in [[Europe]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/12086505/Tony-Blairs-phone-conversations-with-Colonel-Gaddafi-revealed.html Colonel Gaddafi warned Tony Blair of Islamist attacks on Europe], By Robert Mendick, ''Telegraph'' 07 Jan 2016. telegraph.co.uk</ref> This is exactly what happened, as Gaddafi predicted: the Islamic State took credit for the November 2015 Paris attacks killing 137, wounding 368, and the February 2016 Brussels bombing killing 35 and injuring 340, numerous other jhad attacks.
Hillary Clinton directed efforts to remove all US embassy personnel from Tripoli and ordered the closing of the embassy. Ken Dilanian of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported that the [[CIA]] had been on the ground in "rebel-held" areas of Libya since shortly after the US Embassy in Tripoli was evacuated.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001700/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-0331-cia-libya-20110330,0,2762769.story</ref> Hillary Clinton made a series of calls to foreign counterparts to secure passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970, imposing sanctions and an arms embargo to either side, which the US and allies abruptly violated.
Hillary Clinton directed efforts to remove all US embassy personnel from Tripoli and ordered the closing of the embassy. Ken Dilanian of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reported that the [[CIA]] had been on the ground in "rebel-held" areas of Libya since shortly after the US Embassy in Tripoli was evacuated.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001700/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sc-dc-0331-cia-libya-20110330,0,2762769.story</ref> Hillary Clinton made a series of calls to foreign counterparts to secure passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1970, imposing sanctions and an arms embargo to either side, which the US and allies abruptly violated.