Oh great kamikaze jihadists...probably with bombs
ISIS Takes Control of Airport in Sirte, Libya
June 1, 2015
Islamic State (ISIS) forces raided the civilian airbase Al-Qardabiya, near the northern city of Sirte Libya, Thursday, May 28, 2015. The 166 Battalion militia was forced to withdraw after a request to Tripoli for backup was not answered. Fajr Libya or “Libyan Dawnâ€, an alliance of Muslim Brotherhood-linked militias and other jihadist groups (including Al Qaeda-linked Ansar Al-Sharia), had originally seized control of the air base in August of 2014, and had maintained control until recently ousted.
Al-Qardabiya was not the only source of aviation that Libyan Dawn controlled. In August of 2014, Libyan Dawn seized Tripoli International Airport. The airport, previously controlled by two anti-Islamist militias, had actually been closed up until Libyan Dawn took over. One of the primary concerns of the Tripoli airport incident revolved around 11 commercial airplanes that were reported missing after the group took over. Considering Libyan Dawn took over the airport in August, many became worried that these missing aircraft could be used in some sort of plan or attack on September 11th. Back in March 2015, Libyan Ambassador to the UAE Aref Ali Nayed warned of just such an attack scenario.
The Islamic States seizure of the Al-Qardabiya airbase will further raise concern among many regarding ISIS increasing presence in Libya and especially about what that presence means for neighboring countries. Italy, a country approximately 1100 miles from Libya, is particularly concerned. Islamic States rhetoric targeting Italy has only increased with its increasing strength in Libya. As previously discussed here on the Free Fire Blog, Italys proximity to Libya poses a number of issues as the North Africa state has descended into chaos.
https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2015/06/01/isis-takes-control-of-airport-in-sirte-libya/
or nuclear, chemical, biologicals.
This is the new threat ramping up exponentially.
ISIS just may serve to wake people up.
An attack once a week or once a day would be worse than 9/11 in effect.
Bye bye PC bullshit.
Exactly. They're not being trained to engage in dogfights with Russian or NATO fighter jets. They would love to fly a plane loaded with explosives into the Vatican or a major European city.