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Libya, the Next Stop for US Special Operations

The US, NATO and the United Nations are focused on ISIS in Iraq and Syria, while ISIS commits familiar atrocities in Libya. US Special Forces may be sent in, but with three rival governments, there's hardly a formula for easy success.

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By Warren Olney • May 24, 2016 • 52m Listen

The US, NATO and the United Nations are focused on ISIS in Iraq and Syria, while ISIS commits familiar atrocities in Libya. US Special Forces may be sent in, but with three rival governments, there's hardly a formula for easy success.

Later on the program, Kosovo — once a budding democracy, how a hotbed for Muslim extremism in the Balkans.

Photo: Pentagon sources confirmed the presence of a special forces unit, December 18, 2015. (Libyan Air Force/Facebook)

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    Warren Olney

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