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U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS Camp in Libya Kill at Least 41
nytimes.com ^ | FEB. 19, 2016 | DECLAN WALSH, BEN HUBBARD and ERIC SCHMITT

Posted on 02/19/2016 2:44:42 PM PST by Trumpinator

U.S. Airstrikes on ISIS Camp in Libya Kill at Least 41

By DECLAN WALSH, BEN HUBBARD and ERIC SCHMITT FEB. 19, 2016

CAIRO — American warplanes bombed an Islamic State training camp in Libya early Friday, killing at least 41 people, most likely including a militant commander linked to attacks on Western tourists, in a strike that highlighted the widening gap between American military and diplomatic efforts in the region.

The airstrikes in Sabratha, a seaside town 50 miles west of Tripoli, targeted Noureddine Chouchane, a Tunisian militant linked to two major attacks on Western tourists in Tunisia last year. He had also facilitated the arrival of Islamic State recruits in Libya, the Pentagon said in a statement confirming the strikes.

Mr. Chouchane was probably killed in the strike, the Pentagon said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hillary; isis; libya; mccain; obama
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Did anyone post this story? I searched and saw nothing.
1 posted on 02/19/2016 2:44:43 PM PST by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

If some one did, a helpful soul will be along in a moment to tell you.


2 posted on 02/19/2016 2:45:45 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Trumpinator

It make me all warm inside every time I read it.


3 posted on 02/19/2016 2:48:16 PM PST by soycd
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To: Trumpinator


Ambassador Chris Stevens was unavailable for comment.
4 posted on 02/19/2016 2:49:45 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. � Robert Heinlein)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; soycd
From just a couple of week ago: Report: UK, U.S., Russian troops in Libya

alarabiya.net ^ | Saturday, 23 January 2016 | Staff writer, Al Arabiya News

5 posted on 02/19/2016 2:49:51 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: mrmeyer

God,what a sad picture.

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6 posted on 02/19/2016 2:51:33 PM PST by Mears
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To: Trumpinator

Will Obama be going to the funerals?


7 posted on 02/19/2016 2:51:53 PM PST by digger48
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To: Trumpinator

Well, it’s a start. I guess.


8 posted on 02/19/2016 2:53:47 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Trumpinator

But I thought Obama and Hillary brought Democracy to Libya.


9 posted on 02/19/2016 2:54:31 PM PST by MarvinStinson
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Will Obama be going to the funerals?

That's a good possibility. After all, they are kindred spirits to him.

10 posted on 02/19/2016 2:58:37 PM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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To: Trumpinator

Occupational hazard.

Their families can file a claim with the Hague.


11 posted on 02/19/2016 3:02:03 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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But I thought Obama and Hillary brought Democracy to Libya......they did but to Muslims rule of the people means Muslim jihadist rule.


12 posted on 02/19/2016 3:03:20 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

We’ll know soon enough when ISIS comes out with reports that schools and hospitals were hit killing pregnant women and children, kittens and puppies.


13 posted on 02/19/2016 3:05:42 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Trumpinator

Havent seen it.
Looks as if it getting hotter and hotter there.


14 posted on 02/19/2016 3:11:40 PM PST by crz
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To: Trumpinator

Seriously? That’s all? Disappointing.


15 posted on 02/19/2016 3:24:15 PM PST by bluejean (The lunatics are running the asylum)
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To: Trumpinator

scratch another aspirin factory


16 posted on 02/19/2016 3:33:49 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: Trumpinator
Decimated I tell ya!

Years to recover.

17 posted on 02/19/2016 3:42:19 PM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Trumpinator

41 dead from what? Papercuts from the warning leaflets? Some USAF planner is going to get the axe because of excess lethality.


18 posted on 02/19/2016 3:46:02 PM PST by Tallguy
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To: Trumpinator

Carpet bombing?


19 posted on 02/19/2016 3:58:09 PM PST by kaehurowing
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US strikes ISIS camp in Libya, killing as many as 40 people (Posted on 2/19/2016, 9:14:52 AM by SeekAndFind)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3399150/posts

Use the most likely term when searching - in this case ‘Libya’


20 posted on 02/19/2016 4:17:16 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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