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Report: Pentagon Gives White House Plan to Bomb ISIL in Libya

HeadlineMar 09, 2016

The Pentagon has reportedly presented the White House with the most detailed outline to date for possible military action against ISIL in Libya. The New York Times, citing anonymous officials, said the options include airstrikes against as many as 40 targets across four areas of Libya. Libya has been engulfed in fighting after a U.S.-backed military intervention ousted longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Click here to see our segment on then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in the Libya intervention.

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