Posted on 12/03/2014 7:46:07 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Islamic State militants have set up training camps in eastern Libya, the head of the US Africa command says.
Gen David Rodriguez said there could be "a couple of hundred'' IS fighters undergoing training at the sites.
He said the camps were at a very early stage, but the US was watching them "carefully to see how it develops".
Libya has been in turmoil since Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, with various tribes, militias and political factions fighting for power.
Several Islamist groups are competing for power in the east of the country, with some militants recently declaring allegiance to IS.
Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Gen Rodriguez said it was not yet clear how closely aligned the trainees were with IS.
"It's mainly about people coming for training and logistics support right now, for training sites," he said. "Right now it's just small and very nascent and we just have to see how it goes."
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Take a (deep) bow, Obama. They could not have done it without you. /sarc
Ah the smell of Hussein’s islamic spring!
“He said the camps were at a very early stage, but the US was watching them “carefully to see how it develops”.”
BLOW EM UP!!!
OH GEEZ! I forgot those are Obama’s buds.
“Don’t these folks remember Carpet Bombing as a technique for removing the enemy.”
I can envision a Warthog flying low, and a bunch of moozies running around holding their prayer rugs over their heads.
Anybody still doubt that we (and the Libyans) were better off with Daffy running Libya?
Yet further success for WashingtonDC’s IslamoNazification (Caliphate building) program.
Exactly. Obama has achieved his goal ...taken Libya from a Western -intimidated and even slightly Western-friendly sort of developing country back to an Islamic hell hole..
Brought to us by Obama... plain and simple.
The 0bama-Graham-McCain War is paying such dividends!
Oh?
Well, good thing we got rid of Qudaffi.
That bastuhd had everything under control. Friggin rascist too.
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