Libya weapons flow all over Africa. Qadaffi had them in caches. Libya is infested with ISIS- Qatar is actually importing ISIS fighetrs ( thru Turkey) to southern Libya ( lawless desert) after the US BOMBED LIBYA LAST YEAR to help the Misrata Defemse Brigades to clean them out of Sirte.
Look across the Maghreb and the Sahel regions.
Maghreb. Muslim Brotherhood terrorist in Sinai, ISIS in Libya and Algeria/Tunisia.
AQIM in the Sahel and even Morocco/Mali.
What do you think we were doing in Niger? Playing footsie ?
The entire continent north of the Sahara is infested- Libyan weapons still flow and Libya is a keystone in the Maghreb
Libyan army: Qatar transports armed ISIS militants from Syria to Libya
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...armed-ISIS-militants-from-Syria-to-Libya.html
Libyan armed forces spokesman, Col. Ahmad al-Mesmari, said on Sunday evening that ISIS and branches of the Muslim Brotherhood affiliated to al-Qaeda have joined forces to spread extremism in Libya.
“Qatar is transporting armed ISIS militants from Syria to Libya. Also, Qatar’s financial support for terrorist organizations in Libya persists,” added Mesmari.
Libyan Weapons Arming Al Qaeda Militias Across North Africa, Officials Say
An unchecked flood of weapons out of Libya, including thousands of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, is providing new firepower to al Qaeda-linked jihadist militias across northern Africa, according to Defense Department officials, accelerating conflict and raising new risks for U.S. and western interests.
There has been a continuing flow of weaponry since the fall of Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011...,
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/libyan-weapons-al-qaeda-north-africa_n_2727326.html
Wake up Mott. Africa is the new war on terrorism.
Where does the U.S. have troops in Africa, and why?
The Pentagon has slowly been bolstering the U.S. presence in Africa in recent years to partner with African nations to thwart various extremist terrorist organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Boko Haram and al Qaeda.
The U.S. has roughly 800 military personnel temporarily deployed to Niger, and rough 6,000 military personnel spread across the continent, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM).
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/where-does-the-u-s-have-troops-in-africa-and-why/