US TO TRAIN LIBYA'S ARMY - RISKING INCLUDING ISLAMISTS AMONG THEM

The US government's aim is to help stabilize Libya, an oil-rich country. 

 

Since the ouster of Muammar Gadhafi in 2011, Libya has had a weak government in a region dominated by Islamist militias ranging from al Qaeda affiliates to Islamists that do not support al Qaeda.

The U.S. military is preparing to conduct military and special operations training for Libya’s military and the training will risk including Islamist terrorists among the trainees, according to the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command.

 

Adm. William McRaven, the commander who helped lead the covert raid to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, said in a brief interview Saturday that the counterterrorism training operation has not begun. “We’re in the early stages,” he told the Free Beacon.

 

“We are going to have to assume some risks,” McRaven said. “Right now we have the authorities to do that training, and I think as a country we have to say there is probably some risk that some of the people we will be training with do not have the most clean records, but at the end of the day it is the best solution we can find to train them to deal with their own problems.”

 

McRaven said the training would include a “very, very thorough review” of the Libyans who will take part.

Read more - http://freebeacon.com/u-s-to-train-libyan-military-including-islamists/


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