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| Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya |
| 2014-04-27 |
| [DailyBeast] A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for snuffies and al Qaeda. A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic Death Eaters, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials. In the summer of 2012, American Green Berets began refurbishing a Libyan military base 27 kilometers west of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... in order to hone the skills of Libya's first Western-trained special operations counter-terrorism fighters. Less than two years later, that training camp is now being used by groups with direct links to al Qaeda to foment chaos in post-Qadaffy Libya. Last week, the Libyan press reported that the camp (named "27" for the kilometer marker on the road between Tripoli and Tunis) was now under the command of Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush, a veteran associate of the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now sometimes referred to as Mister Bones... who was first designated as part of al Qaeda's support network in 2002 by the United States and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... . The report said he was heading a group of Salifist fighters from the former Libyan base. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Don't know who trained whom, but after the incident at the US consulate, somebody sure get's a 'GO' in the their Job Book in reference to 60mm mortar fire. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-27 11:43 |
| #3 Well since we know where that base is, it would a simple matter to program the lat/long into a cruise missile's Tom-Tom and punch the 'Go' button. We aren't using that base anymore, so what difference would it make? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-04-27 11:40 |
| #2 Yeah, that's the idea. Just like training Los Zetas in Mexico "Some of the original members, who had come from the GAFE unit, had during the 1990s reportedly received training in commando and urban warfare from Israeli Special Forces Units and American Special Forces units, which included training in rapid deployment, marksmanship, ambushes, counter-surveillance and intimidation" - wiki |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2014-04-27 11:27 |
| #1 These programs are designed to produce combat-ready special operators to join U.S. SEALs and Delta Force teams on missions. “This means in practice that these guys were expected to conduct missions with our guys,” the U.S. defense official said. “But of course that never happened.” Please file under Susan Rice Islamic videos. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-27 06:58 |