Heads up Rome and Italy. Libya says its only a matter of time for you. Now Daesh has entrenched itself in Libya and is looking to make the some headlines. What say ye? Even as foreign powers step up pressure against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the militant group has expanded in Libya and established a new base close to Europe where it can generate oil revenue and plot terror attacks. Since announcing its presence in February in Sirte, the city on Libyas Mediterranean coast has become the first that the militant group governs outside of Syria and Iraq. Its presence there has grown over the past year from 200 eager fighters to a roughly 5,000-strong contingent which includes administrators and financiers, according to estimates by Libyan intelligence officials, residents and activists in the area. They have made their intentions clear, said Ismail Shoukry, head of military intelligence for the region that includes Sirte. They want to take their fight to Rome......snip` http://www.wsj.com/articles/islamic-state-entrenches-in-sirte-libya-1448798153
Ah yes.....I can why see our resident lefties and overseas Weak Europeans would want to avoid most news with Libya. No chance to stick up for BO peep and Hillary.
We'd heard months ago that al Baghdadi was consolidating in Eastern Libya. I had hoped we would have bombed those oil facilities.
Yeah we did and if you look the thread is from back in Nov 2015. Things have progressed to an even worse situation now.
Libyans got ISIS onna run... Libyan forces close to securing last Islamic State holdouts in Sirte: officials December 5, 2016 - Libyan forces said on Monday they were close to securing a final patch of land where Islamic State militants have been holding out in their former North African stronghold of Sirte.
