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US Bombers Target Libyan IS Training Camps

by VOA News

   United States B-2 bombers carried out air strikes on Islamic State
   group military camps late Wednesday about 45 kilometers southwest of
   the city of Sirte in Libya, defense officials said.

   The strikes were authorized by U.S. President Barack Obama, in what
   will likely be the last military operation approved by the outgoing
   president.

   A U.S. official said the strikes were aimed at eliminating so-called
   "squirters" who had previously escaped from Sirte after it was
   liberated last fall.

   Officials say the strike hit two camps.