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US says it killed four IS group militants in Libya strike
[AlAhram] The United States said on Wednesday it had conducted a precision air strike near the Libyan town of Bani Walid, killing four 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.... group Death Eaters. The strike was carried out in coordination with the internationally recognised 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... , a statement from U.S. Africa Command said. "At this time, we assess no non-combatants were killed in this strike," the statement said. It gave no information on the identity of those targeted. Photos shared by a local source in Bani Walid showed a white all-terrain vehicle that he said had been hit in the strike. The vehicle was streaked with blood and the roof and one of the sides had been shredded. One of those killed in the strike was Abd al-Aati Ashtaiwy, a Libyan who had travelled to Syria and had previously been based in Sirte, which Islamic State controlled from 2015-2016, according to the Bani Walid source and local reports. The United States gave air support to Libyan forces that drove Islamic State from Sirte in 2016, and has continued to launch occasional strikes against suspected gunnies in Libya since the end of that campaign. Bani Walid is about 150 km (93 miles) south of Tripoli. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-06-07 |
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