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May 13, 2016       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-establishes-libyan-outposts-with-eye-toward-offensive-against-islamic-state/2016/05/12/11195d32-183c-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html

U.S. Establishes Libyan Outposts with Eye toward Offensive Against Islamic State

(Washington Post) Missy Ryan - American Special Operations troops have been stationed at two outposts in eastern and western Libya since late 2015, lining up local partners in advance of a possible offensive against the Islamic State, U.S. officials said. The insertion of U.S. personnel reflects the Obama administration's worries about the Islamic State's Libyan branch, which has several thousand fighters in the coastal city of Sirte and other areas. The activities of the American "contact team" take place in parallel to those of allied forces from France and other European nations in the same areas.

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