NY Times: Under Trump, U.S. Launched 8 Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya. It Disclosed 4.

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Under Trump, U.S. Launched 8 Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya. It Disclosed 4.
Eric Schmitt

Commanders decided to reveal those strikes only if a reporter specifically asked about them, a practice the Pentagon calls “responses to questions,” Major Wiest said via telephone and email from the Africa Command’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. He said journalists, usually tipped off by local reporting in Libya, have called about some but not all of the four strikes.

Major Wiest said the additional four strikes were not disclosed when they happened to protect American-backed forces or diplomatic issues. “We’re not trying to hide anything,” he said. “Our goal is always to be as transparent as possible while taking into account operational security, force protection and diplomatic sensitivities.”

Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/world/africa/us-airstrikes-isis-libya.html