
World View: U.S., Britain, France Prepare Libya Military Offensive for 2016
Contents: ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields; US, Britain, France preparing new Libya military offensive early in 2016

Contents: ISIS assault in Libya giving militants control of oil fields; US, Britain, France preparing new Libya military offensive early in 2016

Both the Obama administration and news network CNN knew that the Septemeber 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi, which killed four Americans, was carried out by the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia but hid that information from the American people until after the 2012 presidential election.

As both secular and Islamic actors continue to stake their claims and fight for territory over war-torn Libya, Islamic State fighters have admitted to losing control of Derna, which was once identified as one of its stronghold cities, according to an AFP report.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has announced that Tunis plans on building a 100-mile long wall on the country’s Libyan border in an attempt to deter and prevent jihadists from attempting to infiltrate the state.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) continues to exploit the disastrous aftermath of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy in Libya, establishing a presence in what India Today calls “the third big stronghold for the Sunni Islamist group.” Over the past four months, ISIS has largely taken control of Sirte, hometown of late dictator Moammar Qaddafi.

Fox News reports that ISIS is claiming responsibility for the horrific shooting spree at the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia, in a statement describing the attack as a “blessed invasion of one of the dens of infidels and vice in Muslim Tunisia.”

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