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US stealth bombers wipe out 80 IS militants in LibyaPentagon chief Ash Carter on Obama's last day said that militants plotting operations in Europe were among the deadAmerican B-2 stealth bombers and armed drones have attacked two Islamic State military camps in Libya, killing 80 IS militants near their former bastion of Sirte, Pentagon chief Ash Carter said on Thursday. "They certainly are people who were actively plotting operations in Europe and may also have been connected to some attacks that have already occurred in Europe," Carter said on his last day in office.The strike late Wednesday came a month after the United States officially wrapped up military operations in and around Sirte, where it had conducted nearly 500 strikes to help the Libyan unity government expel militants from the coastal city.The fighters "were seen immediately beforehand carrying weapons, wearing tactical vests, carrying mortars and standing in formation," a Pentagon official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.Continued: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-stealth-bomber-airstrikes-kill-80-militants-269089637
