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| US conducts 'counterterrorism strike' against al-Qaida target in Libya | US conducts 'counterterrorism strike' against al-Qaida target in Libya |
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| The US military said it launched an airstrike on Saturday targeting a mid-level al-Qaida operative in Libya. | The US military said it launched an airstrike on Saturday targeting a mid-level al-Qaida operative in Libya. |
| A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, said the military believed the strike was successful and hit the target, but he did not provide the name of the al-Qaida militant. | A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, said the military believed the strike was successful and hit the target, but he did not provide the name of the al-Qaida militant. |
| Libya’s recognised government said later on Sunday that the veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar had been killed in a US air strike inside Libya as part of counter-terrorism cooperation. | |
| “The Libyan government in the east of Libya confirms that the US fighter jets conducted air strikes last night in a mission which resulted in the death of the terrorist Belmokhtar,” Reuters reported Libya’s recognised government as saying. | |
| Confirmation was not immediately forthcoming from US authorities. | |
| Warren said he did not know where the strike took place in Libya, and it was not known if it was carried out by a drone or manned aircraft. Warren said there were no US personnel on the ground in Libya for the strike. | Warren said he did not know where the strike took place in Libya, and it was not known if it was carried out by a drone or manned aircraft. Warren said there were no US personnel on the ground in Libya for the strike. |
| Warren said the US was still assessing the results of the strike. | Warren said the US was still assessing the results of the strike. |