Quit picking on Obama……

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Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya


"A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for terrorists and al Qaeda.
A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic militants, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials.

In the summer of 2012, American Green Berets began refurbishing a Libyan military base 27 kilometers west of Tripoli in order to hone the skills of Libya’s first Western-trained special operations counter-terrorism fighters. Less than two years later, that training camp is now being used by groups with direct links to al Qaeda to foment chaos in post-Qaddafi Libya.

Last week, the Libyan press reported that the camp (named “27” for the kilometer marker on the road between Tripoli and Tunis) was now under the command of Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush, a veteran associate of Osama bin Laden who was first designated as part of al Qaeda’s support network in 2002 by the United States and the United Nations. The report said he was heading a group of Salifist fighters from the former Libyan base..."

Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya - The Daily Beast
 
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Obama traveled to Seoul, South Korea on a state visit. As a mark of disrespect the North Koreans poked Obama in the eye:

"Seoul (AFP) - North Korea has detained a US citizen for "rash behaviour" while passing through immigration, the official KCNA news agency said Friday as President Barack Obama started a two-day visit to South Korea...."

North Korea detains US citizen: KCNA
 
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