As U.S. military forces hunt down the remnants of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, they are also waging a quieter campaign in the fractured country of Libya.
Conducted primarily from the air and through special-operations personnel based in the western city of Misrata, the effort aims to eradicate cells of fighters who fled the group’s stronghold in the central city of Sirta.
According to Libyan officials, these cells number around 500, called “Desert Brigade." Moving along the shallow valleys south of Sirta, the network has already conducted a number of attacks on checkpoints, convoys and, most recently, against an oilfield.
The secretary of State at the time, Hillary Clinton, was adamant about taking down the Libyan Leader. Since then the killing continued, eight years and counting.
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