Americans In Benghazi Rescued By Ex-Qaddafi Generals Ousted By Hillary’s Libya War

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Obama and Hillary armed, aided, and took the country to war on their own to help Al Qaeida, murderers of 3,000 Americans, in order to overthrow Mommar Qaddafi, the US-Placed Dictator that had just begun helping the US combat terrorists like Al Qaeida in Northern Africa....

And in the end it was Ex-Qaddafi Generals - NOT Obama and Hillary - who saved Americans being targeted in a terrorist attack by Al Qaeida.

Revealed: Americans In Benghazi Rescued By Ex-Qaddafi Generals Ousted By Hillary’s Libya War - Breitbart

Obama and Hillary-backed terrorists attacked a US compound, murdered 4 Americans, and forced the 'enemy' to step in and save American lives...

But, hey....'what difference does it make?'
Hillary has declared herself to be 'exonerated'...
'Time to move on...'

 

[waltky]

Libya has been a mess ever since Nato-backed forces overthrew Col Muammar Gaddafi...

Why is Libya so lawless?
Tue, 02 Aug 2016 - Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. Western powers are now becoming increasingly concerned that so-called Islamic State (IS) has built a presence in the North African state and the US has responded by launching air strikes on the militant group.

How bad is the situation in Libya?

Only Libya's myriad armed militias really wield power - and it is felt they often hold the politicians they supposedly back to ransom. During the uprising, anyone with a gun could command respect, and lots of armed groups emerged - up to 1,700, according to some estimates. There are two rival parliaments and three governments - the latest government was formed in UN-brokered talks in December with the aim of replacing the other two. But this initiative is still on the rocks, partly because of concerns that the new government is being imposed by Western powers.

Fighters loyal to Libya's Tobruk-based government celebrate as they come close to seizing the centre of Benghazi​

The oil-rich country once had one of the highest standards of living in Africa with free healthcare and free education, but five years on from the uprising it is facing a financial crisis. This turmoil has allowed IS to gain a foothold in the country. It is feared an IS "enclave" in and around the city of Sirte, the birthplace of Gaddafi, is providing a safe haven for jihadists to train, fund and plan attacks across the Mediterranean. Some security analysts describe Libya as an arms bazaar. It is awash with weapons looted from Gaddafi's arsenal - making an ideal playground for jihadists fleeing air strikes in Syria and Iraq. It has been attacking Libyan oil facilities, has kidnapped several foreign oil workers and last year was behind two high-profile attacks on Tunisia's tourism industry - carried out by gunmen trained in Libya. Tunisia has built a partial security barrier and trench along its border with Libya aimed at preventing further atrocities.

What else is being done?

The US has admitted to carrying out three air strikes in Libya since 2015 - the latest one was on 1 August, in Sirte. It is the beginning of what will be a sustained air campaign that officials say will be limited to the city, to help local anti-IS forces uproot the group. The UK and France also have special forces operating in the North African state - the nature and extent of these operations have largely been secretive. Three French soldiers died in July 2016 when their helicopter was shot down by militiamen who identified themselves as belonging to a new militant group called Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB). Earlier this year, plans were also afoot to send 6,000 troops from a number of Nato countries, including the UK and France, to Libya to train local troops in stopping IS-linked groups from gaining more territory and to provide security to diplomatic missions who are looking to move back to the capital.

However, the new unity government now appears reluctant to openly allow or request such a presence and it is not clear if this will happen. All this comes amid an admission by US President Barack Obama, in an interview published in April, that the "worst mistake" of his presidency was the failure to prepare for the aftermath of Col Gaddafi's overthrow. Mr Obama partly blamed then-UK Prime Minister David Cameron for "the mess", saying he had not done enough to support the North African nation whose instability was threatening its neighbours and was a factor in Europe's migrant crisis.

How did Libya end up with rival governments?

See also:

Beheadings and racial tension: Life under Islamic State
23 June 2016 - Just as the so-called Islamic State (IS) group seemed to be putting down roots in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte - its only stronghold outside Syria and Iraq - various forces began lining up early this year to remove it. By early June the city was surrounded. BBC Monitoring looks back over the past four months to see what people have been saying on social media and what IS itself has been publishing as the campaign to retake the city developed.

8 February - IS dispenses death and donations; a rival emerges

It is one year since Islamic State seized Sirte. The group appears to be trying to demonstrate that it is in control by releasing a video showing its morality police enforcing their strict interpretation of Islamic rules, including one which demands that men wear their trousers short. While it publishes pictures showing alms being handed out to the poor, IS also distributes images of public floggings. Pictures on social media show "crucified" corpses in the main roundabout after executions by IS. Meanwhile, Libyan prime minister-designate Fayez Seraj seeks to gain approval for a cabinet. The UN is encouraging him to bring order to a country in chaos since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in 2011. Libya is torn between two rival governments, one based in the east of the country and one in the west, allowing IS to prosper in the central area.

Africans depicted in IS training video​

6 March - Car sales in the caliphate

IS wants to show that life goes on as normal in Sirte, posting images of public services department workers pruning trees, sheep-grazing, bee-keepers at work and an open-air showroom with dozens of cars on sale. IS branches in Syria, Iraq and Libya regularly publish scenes of everyday life to recruit members and give the impression that they are effectively administering the land under their control. Social media users, however, post pictures of people having fun on the beach in the days "before the terrorists arrived". "God willing, Sirte will return to how it was," says one user. Communication between Sirte and the outside world is difficult, because of notoriously unreliable internet connections as well as IS restrictions. Some residents appear defiant, one tweeting: "I'm staying, #Daesh (IS), and I will continue to spread news of my city #Sirte to the world via Twitter, even if you cut our necks".

9 March - New leader, same racial friction

IS names the new leader of its Libyan branch to replace his predecessor who was killed in a US air strike in November 2015. Shaykh Abd-al-Qadir al-Najdi is thought to be a foreigner, like his predecessors. His name suggests he is from Saudi Arabia. The presence of foreign fighters is a source of friction, with locals complaining that the outsiders look down on them, and the IS fighters complaining of racism. One social media user asks: "Why does #Daesh prefer foreign commanders to Libyans?" Weeks later, IS calls a reconciliation meeting between locals and foreign fighters.

Public flogging in Sirte​

The meeting is advertised in a flyer, which has been circulated on social media and which also invites city residents to the public execution of two of the group's own Libyan commanders, apparently to set a disciplinary example. A separate IS letter to residents says racism towards foreign fighters will not be tolerated and warns the people of Sirte to show loyalty to the creed of Islam rather than to their tribe or city. The author vows to "fix this Libyan problem before it is too late". Separately, an IS video featuring Sirte-based militants from Mali, Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal encourages West Africans to travel to Libya to join the group - another sign that IS may be struggling to co-opt locals.

23 March - IS celebrates Brussels attack

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Top IS commanders 'taking refuge' in Libya
3 February 2016 - Senior commanders from so-called Islamic State (IS) have moved to Libya from Iraq and Syria recently, a top Libyan intelligence official says. The official told BBC Newsnight that increasing numbers of foreign fighters had arrived in the city of Sirte.

Representatives from 23 countries met in Rome on Tuesday to discuss the growing threat from IS in Libya. IS took control of Sirte, the hometown of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, last year. Disagreements between rival administrations in the country have hampered efforts to fight IS. The Islamist group is believed to have received support from some loyalists of the former regime. But Ismail Shukri, the head of intelligence in the city of Misrata, told Newsnight there had been an influx of foreign fighters in recent months. "The majority [of IS fighters in Sirte] are foreigners, around 70%. Most of them are Tunisians, followed by Egyptians, Sudanese and a few Algerians. "Add to that the Iraqis and the Syrians. Most of the Iraqis come from Saddam Hussein's disbanded army."

Mr Shukri said senior IS commanders were taking refuge in Libya, under pressure from international airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. "Some of their members, especially those with long-term importance to IS, are taking refuge here. They view Libya as a safe haven." Authorities in Misrata say they are preparing an offensive against Islamic State militants in Sirte. But in the town of Abugrein, 120km (75 miles) south of Misrata, the BBC saw little evidence of an imminent confrontation. Abugrein represents the final line of defence against IS. Beyond that, IS controls the road east. Commanders in Abugrein told Newsnight that their forces, loyal to the government in Tripoli, numbered around 1,400 - less than half the estimated strength of IS.

Mohammed al-Bayoudi, a commander with Battalion 166, acknowledged that, without international help, they would not be able to defeat IS. "Certainly we would welcome Nato support. But air strikes alone cannot defeat IS. What the army really needs is logistical support." The prospect of international military involvement in Libya is a vexed topic. The United States has acknowledged that it has sent in small numbers of special forces on at least one occasion in recent weeks. Similar groups from other Nato countries are also understood to be exploring potential local allies on the ground for a looming battle with IS. But fighters in Abugrein said they did not want to see Western boots on the ground. "We Libyans will fight. There is no need for foreign troops," said Mr al-Bayoudi.

Western governments, including the UK, are becoming increasingly concerned, and impatient. A proposed Italian-led training force, with up to 6,000 troops from a number of Nato countries including the UK and France, has yet to be agreed. A major stumbling block is a lack of consensus from Libya's rival parliaments. A UN-brokered deal to create a unity government has stalled, amid opposition from both the Islamist-backed authorities in Tripoli and the internationally recognised government in Tobruk in the east.

Top IS commanders 'taking refuge' in Libya - BBC News

 

[waltky]

... 'to the shores of Tripoli'...

USS San Antonio to Begin Airstrikes on ISIS in Libya
Oct 21, 2016 | The amphibious transport dock San Antonio has moved into the Mediterranean to replace the amphibious assault ship Wasp in conducting airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Libya.

U.S. Africa Command announced Friday that the San Antonio would conduct a relief in place with the Wasp to allow the mission to continue. An AfriCom spokesman, Charles Prichard, told Military.com the San Antonio would contribute UH-1Y Huey Venoms and AH-1W SuperCobras from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat unit, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 (reinforced). Notably, the San Antonio is not equipped with AV-8B Harriers, which had been the primary strike asset for the Wasp. "USS San Antonio is more than capable of sustaining the current mission," Prichard said. "The sailors and Marines of the Wasp [Amphibious Ready Group]/22nd MEU team will receive follow-on tasking and continue their deployment to the 5th and 6th Fleet area of operation."

Both the San Antonio and the Wasp are part of the 22nd MEU, which deployed from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in June. The Wasp has been in the Mediterranean since Aug. 1, when the U.S. began airstrikes over Libya at the request of the country's government of national accord in efforts to retake the key city of Sirte from ISIS militants. The ship initially contributed AV-8B Harriers as strike aircraft, then added AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters to provide close air support on these strike missions. So far, U.S. assets have conducted 330 strikes since the mission, Operation Odyssey Lightning, began, AfriCom officials said. That's an average of more than four strikes per day.

USS San Antonio​

The San Antonio is a smaller class of ship than the Wasp, designed to carry roughly half as many personnel and a smaller complement of rotorcraft on its flight deck. In a release, AfriCom officials said they plan to continue to provide precision airstrikes in support of Libyan forces as they fight to take back compounds and structures used by the Islamic State to launch attacks on friendly forces. "The airstrikes have significantly reduced Daesh's ability to utilize heavy weapons and enemy fighting positions, as well as having reduced the number of vehicle-born improvised explosive devices intended for attacks on [government of national accord]-aligned forces," the command said in the release, using another term for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

This has already been an eventful deployment for the San Antonio. The ship was among those targeted by missiles launched from off the coast of Yemen as it transited through the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb on its way around the Arabian peninsula and up to the Mediterranean, according to a public Facebook post by Navy Capt. Darren Nelson, commanding officer of the San Antonio. The ship emerged unharmed, and Nelson praised the crew for "performing flawlessly in defense of the ship." The 22nd MEU is likely to remain deployed in the Middle East and Pacific areas of operations until early next year.

USS San Antonio to Begin Airstrikes on ISIS in Libya | Military.com

 

[easyt65]

More combat as part of the UN-authorized war we were dragged into in a country we had no business being in...and ISIS there who weren't there until Hillary & Barry helped Al Qaeida kill / overthrow Qaddafi...

 

[the_human_being]

World War 3: Vladimir Putin Declares War If Hillary Clinton Wins

 

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https://buzzfeed-video1.s3.amazonaws.com/video/2016/01/19/FromTheDeskOfDonaldTrump2-28-624x350.mp4

 

[g5000]

I can’t believe what our country is doing. Qaddafi in Libya is killing thousands of people, nobody knows how bad it is, and we’re sitting around, we have soldiers all have the Middle East, and we’re not bringing them in to stop this horrible carnage and that’s what it is: It’s a carnage.

You talk about things that have happened in history; this could be one of the worst. Now we should go in, we should stop this guy, which would be very easy and very quick. We could do it surgically, stop him from doing it, and save these lives. This is absolutely nuts. We don’t want to get involved and you’re gonna end up with something like you’ve never seen before.

Now, ultimately, the people will appreciate it. They're gonna end up taking over the country eventually, but the people will appreciate it, and they should pay us back.

But we have go in to save these lives; these people are being slaughtered like animals. It’s horrible what’s going on; it has to be stopped.

We should do on a humanitarian basis, immediately go into Libya, knock this guy out very quickly, very surgically, very effectively, and save the lives.

- Donald J. Trump

 

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World War 3: Vladimir Putin Declares War If Hillary Clinton Wins

That's a hell of an endorsement for Clinton! The Russian KGB thug hates her almost as much as Reagan!