Daily Mail: UK could deploy up to 1,000 troops to Libya in bid to fight growing ISIS threat and migrant smuggling crisis
* Defence chiefs will pave the way for British military intervention in Libya
* British troops would be part of a 6,000 strong, Italian-led task force
* Around 100 British special forces troops are already in Libya helping to protect its current leadership and advising local forces
Defence chiefs will pave the way for British military intervention in Libya during high-level talks in Europe in the coming days.
Air Vice Marshal Edward Stringer will fly to Rome to tell commanders the UK could deploy up to 1,000 troops to the war-ravaged country to help defeat Islamic State (IS).
They would be part of a 6,000 strong, Italian-led force trying to bring order to the chaos that has reigned in Libya since European nations, including Britain, helped overthrow Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
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1 comment:
Not anytime soon. The UNSC appointed 9 member Government had to be ferried in, as the Lybian Airforce, refused them permission to land,
2 members then quickly fled to Malta.
That makes 3 Lybian Governments, 2 Armies, 2 Airforces, 3 "Navies" and 163 Militia's divided up into 9 comprting factions.
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