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American contractor David Berry was among the people killed in a terrorist attack at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, according to Cliff Taylor, chief executive officer of Crucible, a security firm where Berry was working.
The FBI is expected to open an investigation into the incident, two U.S. Officials told CNN. A State Department official confirmed the death of a U.S. Citizen, but would provide no further information. Ref. CNN
A U.S. Plane carried out a strike inside Libya on Sunday, reportedly killing a key terror figure in North Africa, U.S. And Libyan officials told CNN's Barbara Starr and Jomana Karadsheh.
The target was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a veteran Islamist fighter affiliated with al Qaeda in North Africa, a U.S. Official told CNN.
The Libyan government said Belmokhtar was killed in the strike, something that U.S. Officials have not confirmed.
Federal prosecutors in New York had charged Belmokhtar in 2013 with crimes related to a brazen attack on a gas facility in Algeria were 37 hostages died. Three Americans were among the dead. Ref. CNN
US President Barack Obama admits mistakes in Libya, says West should have done more:
"Even as we helped the Libyan people bring an end to the reign of a tyrant, our coalition could have and should have done more to fill a vacuum left behind," Obama told the United Nations General Assembly. Ref. Source 4g
Obama "On verge of" launching another bombing campaign in Libya:
The notion that the U.S. Is considering another bombing campaign in Libya in order to fight ISIS is almost laughably ludicrous, because it was in fact the first U.S.-backed bombing campaign in Libya that brought ISIS into the North African nation in the first place. Ref. Source 6x.
U.S.strikes ISIL camp in Libya, killing at least 30
U.S. Warplanes on Friday bombed an Islamic State camp near the coastal city of Sabratha, targeting a militant linked to two terror attacks in Tunisia last year, Western officials told news outlets. Ref. USAToday.
US B-2 bombers struck ISIS camps in southern Libya overnight, several US officials said.
The mission, which is expected to be the last, short-notice military operation ordered by President Barack Obama, was approved several days ago by the President, according to sources. Ref. CNN.