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US launches airstrikes against Isis in Libya


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  • Drones and warplanes support government assault on Sirte, Pentagon confirms
  • US indicates start of sustained offensive against jihadist group in Libya
 
A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government runs for cover during a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya, on Sunday. A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the UN-backed government runs for cover during a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya, on Sunday. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
US warplanes have attacked Islamic State forces in Libya, the Pentagon has announced, at the start of what US officials say will be a sustained offensive against the militant group outside Iraq and Syria.Isis positions in the strategic port city of Sirte were hit by manned aircraft and drones on Monday, after a request from the UN-backed unity government, the Pentagon said.Peter Cook, the Pentagon press secretary, said “additional US strikes” against the group in Sirte were to come. Their goal, Cook said, will be to enable local US allies make a “decisive, strategic advance” on Sirte, which for the past eight weeks has been the site of fierce urban fighting between forces loyal to the unity government and entrenched Isis fighters. Cook said the attacks – which included “precision strikes” against an Islamic Statetank and other vehicles – were launched after requests from the Tripoli government, which nominated the targets.                            read more/article source
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1 hour ago, namek said:

Prepare for new ISIS attacks in Europe...:(

And US.

 

Yes you are correct.  Every good and able US citizen needs to exercise their second amendments rights to protect themselves, home, family and country.

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18 hours ago, flash48 said:

Every good and able US citizen needs to exercise their second amendments rights

to protect themselves, home, family and country.

Amen. :yes:

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