Posted on 12/04/2014 4:39:11 AM PST by DeaconBenjamin
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which overran large areas of Iraq and Syria, has set up training camps in eastern Libya and the American military is closely monitoring, a top U.S. general said Dec. 3.
Western countries have been increasingly worried that Libya's political turmoil could provide fertile ground for Islamic extremists, but General David Rodriguez ruled out military action on the "nascent" camps in the immediate future.
"They put training camps out there," Rodriguez, head of US Africa Command, told reporters, referring to the ISIL.
Rodriguez described the ISIL's activity in eastern Libya as "very small and nascent."
"Around a couple hundred" militants were present at the camps and U.S. forces would continue to track the area to see if the ISIL presence expanded, said Rodriguez.
The United States has been waging an air war against the ISIL in Iraq and Syria, but when asked if the training camps in Libya were a potential target for American forces, Rodriguez said: "No, not right now."
ISIL group "has begun its efforts over in the east out there to introduce some people over there," he said.
"But we'll have to just continue to monitor and watch that carefully in the future to see what happens or whether it grows on unabated."
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If we know this why don’t we hit them now and often?
POTUS probably wants to wait until it’s an even bigger problems; it’s part of his SOP.
POTUS probably wants to wait until it’s an even bigger problems; it’s part of his SOP.
Track them with cluster bombs ...
Might be our money and technical assistance at work training the so called moderate Syrian rebels.
Well for gawd’s sake carpet bomb them. How hard is that? Churn the desert.
Yes, it’s not like Obama waited for any consensus when he bombed Libya in 2011 using NATO assets.
But then again, our Emperor is on the side of ISIS.
We can thank Obama and Hillary for setting up and getting rid of Mommar Gaddafi. The country has gone to hell since with our Ambassador and others being murdered, gun running, and lie after lie in the administration by these two.
This is what Obama wanted and Socialist Hillary was supporting him.
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