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General: Threat of ISIS in Libya Grows
AFRICOM nominee urges more U.S. airstrikes
 

BY: Bill Gertz   
June 22, 2016 5:00 am

The Islamic State terror group in Libya continues to grow inside the oil-rich North African state and is threatening attacks against Europe and elsewhere, the general nominated to lead the U.S. Africa Command told a Senate hearing Tuesday.

“An unchecked IS-Libya could become an external operations hub threatening Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, shipping in the Mediterranean, and our European allies,” Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser said in prepared testimony, using an acronym for the Islamic State branch in Libya.

http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/threat-of-isis-libya-grows/

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