US 'concern' over reports of IS-linked extremists in Libya

[jakeXT]

The United States Wednesday said it was "concerned" about reports that radical extremists with avowed ties to the Islamic State are destabilizing eastern Libya.

"We are closely monitoring the situation and are concerned by the destabilizing threat that militias and terrorist groups pose to the Libyan people and government," said State Department spokesman Jeffrey Rathke.

"We have seen reports that some violent extremist factions have pledged allegiance to ISIL and sought to associate themselves with it," Rathke said, amid news reports that IS-linked militants have overrun the town of Derna in eastern Libya.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2841580/US-concern-reports-IS-linked-extremists-Libya.html

[delrem]

1. No problem.

The US just brought freedom and democracy to Libya, and in her own sweet way HRC explained "mission accomplished".
The goal is for friends of Syria to accomplish the same goal, and the job is getting done just fine. Just fine.

[bemildred]

2. The light dawns, huh?

"You mean this could spread?"