February 19
18:21
2016
A US air strike on a jihadist training camp in Libya killed dozens of people Friday, probably including a senior Islamic State group operative behind attacks in Tunisia, officials said. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said Noureddine Chouchane, also known as "Sabir," and other jihadists had been planning attacks against American and other Western interests. "We took this action against Sabir in the training camp after determining that both he and the ISIL fighters at these facilities were planning external attacks on US and other Western interests in the region," Cook said, without providing specifics.
