President Refuses to attack ISIS Libia Stronghold
Feb 18, 2016 20:00:58 GMT -5
Post by Michael Downing on Feb 18, 2016 20:00:58 GMT -5
Libya is clearly a mess created by Obama and Hillary and provides a stepping stone to Europe as well as a base to push further their influence in North Africa and yet a mess he refuses to clean up on his watch.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3453448/Obama-set-veto-proposals-bomb-ISIS-stronghold-Libya-despite-terror-group-s-growing-presence-north-Africa.html
Obama to veto proposals to bomb ISIS stronghold in Libya despite US military warnings about terror group's growing presence in north Africa
*Defense officials have spent weeks writing proposal for how to hit Libya
*But senior figures involved in the talks said Obama will veto the plans
*Obama will only strike 'clear targets', but US military officials warn the group's growing presence in Sirte is becoming major international concern
The Obama administration plans to veto a proposal to bomb the Islamic State's growing stronghold in Libya, a report claims.
Defense officials have spent weeks designing papers that describe the most effective way of crippling the terror group in Sirte, the Libyan capital which is becoming its north African headquarters.
However, senior military figures involved in the talks told The Daily Beast the entire proposal to strike ISIS resources and train up a Libyan special ops team has been swept to one side.
Apparently reluctant to take the lead over Europe, Obama says the United States would only take action where there was a 'clear target'.
Meanwhile, European leaders are also resisting pressure from military officials to confront the growing terrorist strongholds in what was once Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home city.
'There is little to no appetite for that in this administration,' one unnamed official told the site.
Another said: 'There's nothing close to happening in terms of a major military operation.
'It will continue to be strikes like the kind we saw in November against Abu Nabil [then-leader of ISIS].'
The jihadist group has established a base with thousands of fighters in the coastal city of Sirte.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3453448/Obama-set-veto-proposals-bomb-ISIS-stronghold-Libya-despite-terror-group-s-growing-presence-north-Africa.html
Obama to veto proposals to bomb ISIS stronghold in Libya despite US military warnings about terror group's growing presence in north Africa
*Defense officials have spent weeks writing proposal for how to hit Libya
*But senior figures involved in the talks said Obama will veto the plans
*Obama will only strike 'clear targets', but US military officials warn the group's growing presence in Sirte is becoming major international concern
The Obama administration plans to veto a proposal to bomb the Islamic State's growing stronghold in Libya, a report claims.
Defense officials have spent weeks designing papers that describe the most effective way of crippling the terror group in Sirte, the Libyan capital which is becoming its north African headquarters.
However, senior military figures involved in the talks told The Daily Beast the entire proposal to strike ISIS resources and train up a Libyan special ops team has been swept to one side.
Apparently reluctant to take the lead over Europe, Obama says the United States would only take action where there was a 'clear target'.
Meanwhile, European leaders are also resisting pressure from military officials to confront the growing terrorist strongholds in what was once Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home city.
'There is little to no appetite for that in this administration,' one unnamed official told the site.
Another said: 'There's nothing close to happening in terms of a major military operation.
'It will continue to be strikes like the kind we saw in November against Abu Nabil [then-leader of ISIS].'
The jihadist group has established a base with thousands of fighters in the coastal city of Sirte.