Pentagon Has Plan to Cripple ISIS in Libya With Air Barrage

The Pentagon has presented the White House with the most detailed set of options for attacking ISIL in Libya. The plan consists of numerous airstrikes to as many as 40 locations across the country to support Libyan ground forces. This plan is currently on hold as the White House pursues developing a unified government through diplomatic channels.

Currently the Administration is utilizing options which allow for the building of a unified government. General Dunford sums up the current plan of action as, “Where there is opportunity to conduct operations against ISIL, to disrupt them at this point and not undermine the political process, that is where we are,” He went on to say, “At some point in the future, if I believe we are at risk with that strategy, I will certainly come back to the secretary and make some different recommendations.”

The new plans come with increasing reports that "British, American, French and possibly even Italian Special Operations forces have been on the ground in Libya for months. They have been conducting reconnaissance, gathering intelligence, vetting and possibly advising Libyan militias deemed good partners to fight the Islamic State in strongholds such as Surt along a 150-mile section of territory the terrorist group controls."