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Libya Updates 6/12/17
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 54153621:MV8zMDUxNjUyXzYwMzM0ODEwX0NGMEIxMDRF] [b][i]Jubilant Libyan Militias Declare Victory Over ISIS in Surt[/i][/b] 12/6/16 [i]“The battle is finally over,” said Reda Eissa, a spokesman for the coalition of militias from nearby Misurata that led the assault. “Our fighters are ecstatic. We still have to comb through the city and make sure we got them all, but we are so, so happy.” The Libyan fighters’ apparent success was another defeat for the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as its plans for a militant empire buckle on multiple fronts across the Middle East. In Surt, the Misuratan militias finally ousted the remaining Islamic State fighters from a cluster of houses after a grueling six-month assault that pitted suicide bombers and snipers against Libyan forces backed by American warplanes.[/i] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/world/africa/isis-libya-surt.html?_r=0 [/quote]
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In 2011, during the 'Arab Spring', NATO forces and western-backed militias brought down the government of Muammar Gaddafi, leader of Libya.
This thread is about the aftermath of that action.
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