February 19, 2016
THE WoT, TRADE AND GOLF...:
US airstrikes target Islamic State militants in Libya (Chris Stephen in Tunis and Spencer Ackerman in Washington, 19 February 2016, The Guardian)
US warplanes have carried out airstrikes on an Islamic State base in western Libya, targeting a leader linked to last year's Sousse beach massacre in Tunisia.Peter Cook, the Pentagon spokesman, indicated that the military had not yet determined that the target of Friday's attack, Noureddine Chouchane, was killed. But reports indicated that 41 people, including suspected Isis militants, died in the attack near Sabratha.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 19, 2016 9:31 AM