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Libyans fighting Islamic State in Sirte report advances along coast
[REUTERS] Libyan forces fighting to oust Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... from their former North African stronghold of Sirte said they had made advances on Sunday in a coastal neighborhood after staging attacks by land, sea and air. The forces, led by brigades from the city of Misrata and aligned with the U.N.-backed government in 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... , secured several key sites in Sirte this week, their progress helped by U.S. air strikes against Islamic State that began on Aug. 1. Islamic State murderous Moslems are now encircled in Sirte's central residential areas. "The forces have made more progress in neighborhood Number Two, with help from artillery and from naval forces," front man Rida Issa said. Libyan jets carried out two air strikes, he said, and a picture posted by the forces on social media showed guns mounted on a tug boat involved in the operation. At least four members of the Misrata-led brigades were killed in Sunday's festivities and 32 were maimed, said Akram Gliwan, a front man for Misrata Central Hospital. The brigades said on Saturday that they had gained control of a radio building previously used by Islamic State for broadcasting. The building is close to the Ouagadougou convention complex, a symbolic landmark in Sirte that the brigades seized this past week, raising the Libyan flag there in place of Islamic State's black banner. As of Thursday, the United States had carried out 41 strikes targeting Islamic State fighting positions, vehicles and weapons in Sirte. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-15 |
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