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US stealth bombers wipe out 80 IS militants in Libya
Middle East Eye ^ | Thursday 19 January 2017 | MEE & Agencies

Posted on 01/19/2017 10:48:22 AM PST by BeadCounter

American B-2 stealth bombers and armed drones have attacked two Islamic State military camps in Libya, killing 80 IS militants near their former bastion of Sirte, Pentagon chief Ash Carter said on Thursday.

"They certainly are people who were actively plotting operations in Europe and may also have been connected to some attacks that have already occurred in Europe," Carter said on his last day in office.

The strike late Wednesday came a month after the United States officially wrapped up military operations in and around Sirte, where it had conducted nearly 500 strikes to help the Libyan unity government expel militants from the coastal city.

(Excerpt) Read more at middleeasteye.net ...


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KEYWORDS: 1moretime; isis; libya
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My personal belief is that the Obama admin was so balling up things over there, the military took over. Good job on this.
1 posted on 01/19/2017 10:48:22 AM PST by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

Nope. 0dunga is desperately trying to DESTROY EVIDENCE of his (and Hillary’s and McCains and Brennan’s, etc.) involvement with CREATING ISIS.


2 posted on 01/19/2017 10:50:03 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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That was exactly my thought. “Oh, so they are destroying the Jihadi training camps that Obama built?”


3 posted on 01/19/2017 10:51:29 AM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven.)
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To: BeadCounter

Funny how if Clinton or Obama used military force, how different the stories are.

If it’s a Dem, they only killed terrorists, and it was effective.

If Rep bombs or uses military force, only civilians were killed, and it was ineffective, and likely to have a blow back of reprisals.


4 posted on 01/19/2017 10:52:22 AM PST by Professional
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Dont see how that works. How would bombing it destroy the eveidence? Im sure our military has reams of photo recon of the places.


5 posted on 01/19/2017 10:52:41 AM PST by 556x45
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To: BeadCounter

There would not be any ISIS in Libya if we had not illegally removed their government.

Hillary had the support of McCain, Graham and Rubio.


6 posted on 01/19/2017 10:53:10 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: BeadCounter

Sounds horrible....
I’m just wondering how much per head the cost was.


7 posted on 01/19/2017 10:54:00 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: BeadCounter

I’m not saying I disapprove, and maybe I’m not grasping the actual cost/benefit ratio, but I believe the B-2 carries out its missions from a base in Missouri. Sending a B-2 from Missouri to the Middle East in order to take out 80 guys seems a little over-the-top. I am a little skeptical that it was the only way to get the job done.


8 posted on 01/19/2017 10:54:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: BeadCounter

This is a rather good thing, if true. Note that they used the B2 because ISIS captured a lot the Libyan governments anti-air missiles systems.


9 posted on 01/19/2017 10:54:39 AM PST by RedWulf (TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP!)
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ISIS Meeting: OK, how many of us have information on how Clintons and Obama have been supplying weapons?

Let's see, everyone here, about 80. OK. Well...Ahhhhhhh!
10 posted on 01/19/2017 10:54:44 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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0dungsh*t is trying to kill-off any remaining ISIS leadership and others who are IN THE KNOW about Team 0dungsh*t's involvement with creating and supplying ISIS.

Team 0dungsh*t created ISIS to take out Assad. Got a little out of hand, didn't they?

Dead men don't tell tales, right?

11 posted on 01/19/2017 10:55:01 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: BeadCounter

Couldn’t we have just dropped James Taylor on em?


12 posted on 01/19/2017 10:56:42 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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WHY WHY WHY is no asking the reasons that Obama/Clinton assassinated Gaddafi and purposefully turned Libya into a failed state and Jihadist haven???


13 posted on 01/19/2017 10:56:51 AM PST by PGR88
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Why didn’t 0dunga do this a year ago? The timing of this strike is HIGHLY suspect. The timing of the strike says more than the strike itself.


14 posted on 01/19/2017 10:57:39 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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To: BeadCounter

YEah they saw Obama was doing nothing and Trump was coming in...they want to keep their jobs.


15 posted on 01/19/2017 10:57:40 AM PST by DouglasKC
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Its cover for Obama and the Dems to say they did something about ISIS at the last minute.


16 posted on 01/19/2017 10:58:34 AM PST by CptnObvious
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It’s getting crowded under the Obama bus!! 
17 posted on 01/19/2017 11:01:08 AM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: ClearCase_guy

B02s are often forward positioned at Diego Garcia.


18 posted on 01/19/2017 11:01:12 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It's a war against humanity!" Donald J. Trump)
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Funny how if Clinton or Obama used military force, how different the stories are.

Do you dare question the veracity of the fax machine at Kinkos in Lubbock?

19 posted on 01/19/2017 11:01:24 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,)
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Eight years in the planning. /s

Let’s see.. B-2 bombers, fighter cap (I’m sure), smart bombs
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80 ISIS terrorists
=
$$$$/head.


20 posted on 01/19/2017 11:01:48 AM PST by Vinnie
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