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Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya
[DailyBeast] A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for snuffies and al Qaeda.A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic Death Eaters, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials. In the summer of 2012, American Green Berets began refurbishing a Libyan military base 27 kilometers west of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... in order to hone the skills of Libya's first Western-trained special operations counter-terrorism fighters. Less than two years later, that training camp is now being used by groups with direct links to al Qaeda to foment chaos in post-Qadaffy Libya. Last week, the Libyan press reported that the camp (named "27" for the kilometer marker on the road between Tripoli and Tunis) was now under the command of Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush, a veteran associate of the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... who was first designated as part of al Qaeda's support network in 2002 by the United States and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... . The report said he was heading a group of Salifist fighters from the former Libyan base. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-04-27 |
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