{"id":213738,"date":"2016-01-04T15:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=213738"},"modified":"2016-01-04T15:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T15:18:03","slug":"1000-crack-british-troops-deployed-libyan-oil-fields-halt-advance-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/1000-crack-british-troops-deployed-libyan-oil-fields-halt-advance-isis\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000 crack British troops deployed to Libyan oil fields to \u2018halt the advance of ISIS\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Special Forces have been deployed in Libya to wrest back control of more than a dozen oil fields seized by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\/ISIL) militants, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Approximately 6,000 European and US soldiers, including 1,000 British troops, will be involved in a number of offensives set up to halt the advance of the jihadist terror group.<\/p>\n<p>The operation will be led by Italian forces and supported mainly by Britain and France.<\/p>\n<p>Special Forces, including military close observation experts from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, are spearheading the major coalition offensive against the jihadist group, according to the Daily Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>IS has seized several revenue-boosting oil fields in Libya and is eager to win more control over the country, as the land could provide them with millions of dollars to fund terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorist network is now targeting the Marsa al Brega oil refinery, the biggest in North Africa.<\/p>\n<p>If jihadists successfully capture the oil refinery, located between Sirte and Benghazi, they would gain full control of the country\u2019s oil.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zcsdq-nWPyM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">Britain\u2019s SAS is working with Libyan commanders to advise them on key \u201c<em>battle-space management<\/em>\u201d tactics to control the battlefield using troops, tanks, warplanes and navy ships.<\/p>\n<p>They will also send intelligence to Ministry of Defence (MoD) chiefs that could be used to determine whether airstrikes are needed.<\/p>\n<p>A senior military source told the Mirror: \u201c<em>This coalition will provide a wide range of resources from surveillance, to strike operations against Islamic State who have made significant progress in Libya<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We have an advance force on the ground who will make an assessment of the situation and identify where attacks should be made and highlight the threats to our forces<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Moreover, the ideologies of jihadism and of political Islam are alive and well. It is far too soon to write off Islamic State and organizations similar to it<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told IB Times: \u201c<em>In Libya, there is the perfect mix ready to explode and in case it explodes, it will explode just at the gates of Europe<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Libya intervention would mark the first time British troops have officially taken part in a direct ground assault against IS.<\/p>\n<p>Libya has been in the throes of a chaotic civil war since the 2011 ousting of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi. Today, two rival governments and parliaments compete for dominance amid a deepening Islamist insurgency.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 IS extremists are active in the country, according to the Libyan Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/327846-sas-libya-oil-isis\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Special Forces have been deployed in Libya to wrest back control of more than a dozen oil fields seized by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\/ISIL) militants, it has emerged. Approximately 6,000 European and US soldiers, including 1,000 British troops, will be involved in a number of offensives set up to halt the advance of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-213738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}