US Special Operations Command: Libya to Be Next Daesh Battleground
US Special Operations
Command is paying increased attention to Libya and working out ways to
keep the country from becoming a new Daesh stronghold, its commander
said Wednesday.
Military
commanders have intensified their warnings recently regarding a threat
coming from members of the Daesh extremist group in Libya. The head
of US Special Forces Command, General Joseph Votel, said there have long
been concerns that the militants were expanding their presence in the
country.
commanders have intensified their warnings recently regarding a threat
coming from members of the Daesh extremist group in Libya. The head
of US Special Forces Command, General Joseph Votel, said there have long
been concerns that the militants were expanding their presence in the
country.
"There is a concern about Libya," he said at a
conference in Washington this week, adding that, "It can't all be
about Iraq and Syria."
conference in Washington this week, adding that, "It can't all be
about Iraq and Syria."
