U.S. Conducts Anti-IS Strikes In Libya

[TomSea]

U.S. Conducts Anti-IS Strikes In Libya

The U.S. military has carried out air strikes in Libya following a request to attack the extremist Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold.

The Pentagon said on August 1 that the air strikes were the first time it had bombed targets in Sirte, the northern port city and birthplace of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.

U.S. Defense Department spokesman Peter Cook said President Barack Obama had authorized the U.S. strikes after a request from the Libyan government and recommendations from top U.S. defense officials.

Cook said the air attacks will continue in Sirte, a city of some 80,000 people that is halfway between the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the eastern city of Benghazi.

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[Chieftain]

Here's a novel idea.  How about we put a Nimitz class flight deck back in the Med 24/7/365??  That was one of the first things Obammy cut from the Defense budget, and the lack of US naval presence in the Med led directly to the Hildebeest's so-called "Arab Spring", the ongoing civil war in Syria, not to mention being the "missing asset" we could not respond to the Benghazi atrocity with.