An oil storage tank in northern Libya's Ras Lanouf region was set ablaze following attacks launched by ISIL in January. AFP
New York Times: Pentagon Plan to Fight ISIS in Libya Includes Barrage of Airstrikes
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of military options yet for attacking the growing Islamic State threat in Libya, including a range of potential airstrikes against training camps, command centers, munitions depots and other militant targets.
Airstrikes against as many as 30 to 40 targets in four areas of the country would aim to deal a crippling blow to the Islamic State’s most dangerous affiliate outside of Iraq and Syria, and open the way for Western-backed Libyan militias to battle Islamic State fighters on the ground. Allied bombers would carry out additional airstrikes to support the militias on the ground. The military option was described by five American officials who have been briefed on the plans and spoke about them on the condition of anonymity because of their confidential nature.
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WNU Editor: But are these plans based on faulty intelligence? .... US planning to strike Isil in Libya based on 'faulty intelligence' (The Telegraph).
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"entagon's Military Plan Against The Islamic State In Libya Has Been Presented To The White House"
... and Donald Trump could do a better job than Obama.
Which isn't saying much as Obama is the least qualified person of any room he walks into.
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