Obama calls for more efforts in the Anti-IS-fight in Libya

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Obama calls for more efforts in the Anti-IS-fight in Libya

The US President has his national security adviser instructed to use against the Terrormiliz in the North African country to intensify. The power vacuum have it the IS, to gain a foothold.

To the further spread of the Terrormiliz “Islamic state” (IS) in Bürgerkriegsland Libya to prevent, whether of a greater effort is necessary, said President Barack Obama. As the President’s office in Washington was informed, he instructed his security Advisor, the Anti-Terror fight in Libya and other countries to strengthen the IS to weaken and destroy them. The USA would be the Terrormiliz everywhere combat, where it was necessary, said the President. Earlier, U.S. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter explains, IS to build training camps in Libya and take there foreign fighters. Also try the Terrormiliz the economy under their control and to impose taxes. The USA did not want, that the situation in Libya as develop as in Syria and in Iraq. To similar success of the Islamists in these countries to thwart the U.S. developed options, which in the future, however, could be done.

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Already on Wednesday had a representative of the Pentagon of “military options” in Libya speaking, the requirements would be. The USA had already a small number of Armeevertretern after Libya dispatched to the local troops to hold discussions. The United States wanted to be prepared if the IS in Libya to an even bigger threat heranwachse. Why would the development of the situation in the country also watched closely. According to estimates, there are at least 3000 IS-jihadists in Libya.

In Germany have already Minister of defence Ursula von der Leyen and foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in principle open for a Bundeswehr-used for the stabilization of Libya is shown. A prerequisite is, according to Steinmeier, the formation of a government of national unity in the North African country.

Libya is sinking since the toppling of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, in the Chaos. Numerous armed groups fighting against each other. Two competing governments claim the leadership of the country for themselves – the internationally recognized government in the ostlibyschen Tobruk and the Islamists-dominated Parliament in Tripoli. The attempt at a unity government to form, not moving.

qu/wl (rtr, afp, dpa)