“The presidency council, as the general army commander, has made a request for direct US support to carry out specific airstrikes,” Fayez Serraj, the head of the Libyan presidency council said in a televised statement, broadcast on Monday afternoon. “The first strikes started today in positions in Sirte, causing major casualties.”
Serraj added that there would not be a foreign-led operation on the ground, though US officials told local media sources that the US is preparing to take a greater role in the war-torn country, and said that the Pentagon was preparing for a long-term campaign.
1st bombing campaign of Libya was such a grand success that it only took 5 years for the 2nd one to happen https://t.co/aidT0qvJXX
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 1, 2016
