Posted on 06/14/2015 6:08:07 PM PDT by kristinn
The U.S military launched airstrikes Saturday targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida leader in eastern Libya who has been charged with leading the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed at least 35 hostages, including three Americans.
The Libyan government said warplanes targeted and killed Mokhtar BelMokhtar and several others in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. A U.S. official said two F-15 fighter jets launched multiple 500-pound bombs in the attack. The official was not authorized to discuss the details of the attack publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.
U.S. officials said they are still assessing the results of the strike, but Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said the military believes the strike was successful and hit the target.
Officials said there were no U.S. personnel on the ground for the assault.
The U.S. filed terrorism charges in 2013 against BelMokhtar in connection with the Algeria attack. Officials have said they believe he remained a threat to U.S. and Western interests. He is an Algerian in his 40s.
The Libyan government in a statement said that the strike came after consultation with the U.S. so that America could take action against a terror leader there.
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Boy, what brimming confidence, eh..?
They sound quite as serious in Libya as they are in Syria.
It's all ARTIFICE because they CREATED our enemies, there.
btw, when did the executive gain authority to bomb foreign countries at will?
Isn’t that an act of war? Does the executive have a blank check to attack anyone, anywhere, on his own say-so?
Obama wants a bill passed, time to kill some terrorists.
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