U.S. Drone Attacks ISIS Fighters in Southern Libya
By Eric Schmitt
Politics|U.S. Drone Attacks ISIS Fighters in Southern Libya
Sept. 20, 2019, 3:00 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — The United States military carried out an airstrike against Islamic State fighters in southern Libya on Thursday in a reminder of the terrorist group’s continuing operations and resilience far from its main guerrilla strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon’s Africa Command said in a statement on Friday that the strike — which other officials said was carried out by an Air Force Reaper drone based in neighboring Niger — killed eight militants in a compound in Murzuq, Libya, nearly 600 miles south of Tripoli, the capital.
It was the first American airstrike this year in Libya against Islamic State or Qaeda fighters, after the military conducted six aerial attacks last year, most recently in November 2018.
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First US airstrike in Libya this year. It's interesting that they felt compelled to do this however, I'm glad they did.
Airstrike = Drone attack? I suppose so.
