Jihadi groups linked to al - Qaeda used a U.S. base in Libya to train terrorists and foment chaos in the country in the post- Gaddafi , the newspaper The Daily Beast According to the website, the secret training center built in 2012 by the Green Berets , the Special Operations Forces of the U.S. to train the Libyan authorities in their fight against the Islamists now have become a training ground for terrorist organizations most important . Citing local media , the claims of The Daily Beast that the camp , which is only 27 miles from Tripoli , the capital, is now under the command of veteran terrorist Abu Bakr Ibrahim Ali Tantoush , former associate of Osama bin Laden since 2002 . news that a veteran like Tantoush is now in charge of a military base just 27 kilometers from the capital shows how security has deteriorated in Libya, says the article author , Eli Lake . According to the journalist , these data are from U.S. intelligence and were confirmed by a U.S. defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity , as a high official in another related subject admitted that the camp west of Tripoli is now an area of difficult access for U.S. forces . if Tantoush , who appeared Tuesday on Libyan television to feedback , which is confirmed in the country with a false passport , although rotundemente denied involvement in the camp . Meanwhile , according to Seth Jones , an expert on Al - Qaeda , there are a number of training camps for a large network of Al - Qaeda and jihadist groups operating in southwestern Libya, in northwestern Libya, in town and outskirts of Tripoli , and northeast of the country , in the city of Benghazi area .
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 03:44:20 +0000
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