US plans to train thousands of Libyan security forces in Bulgaria
The Pentagon plans to train up to 8,000 Libyan soldiers,
including special operation forces capable of carrying out counter-terrorism
missions, in an effort to bolster security in the unstable oil-rich North
African state. The training is part of a larger US and international effort to
help Libya’s flailing government maintain security following the NATO-backed
2011 ouster of longtime strongman Mumar Gaddafi. Two years on, rival militias
and hardline Islamists are refusing to lay down their arms in a country that is
only nominally under government control. Even the capital, Tripoli, has seen
rival militias battle it out on the streets of the capital with anti-aircraft
guns and grenades in recent days.
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