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Air strikes kill ISIL fighters in Libya

Six US air strikes on an ISIL desert camp in Libya killed 17 fighters and destroyed three vehicles, the first American attack in Libya since President Donald Trump took office in January. US Africa Command said in a statement on Sunday that strikes on Friday targeted a camp 240km southeast of Sirte, a city that was once the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stronghold in Libya. The camp was used to move fighters in and out of Libya, plot attacks and store weapons, the statement said. "ISIS and al-Qaeda have taken advantage of ungoverned spaces in Libya to establish sanctuaries for plotting, inspiring and directing terror attacks," it said, using another acronym for ISIL. The strikes were carried out in coordination with Libya's Government of National Accord, it added. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the air raids were carried out by armed drones. The last-known US strike in Libya was on January 19, a day before Trump's inaug

UK Claims to Have a Video Of Boko Haram Raping Chibok girls

UK tabloid, The Sunday Times Magazine, claims its reporters have seen videos of the Nigeria's Chibok school girls being raped over and over again by Boko Haram terrorists until they passed out. In an investigation by Christina Lamb for the Sunday Times Magazine, Ms Lamb reports: ‘They film schoolgirls being raped over and over again until their scream become silent Os.’ Some of the girls who managed to escape reportedly told Ms Lamb they were kept in ‘women’s prisons’ where they were taught about Islam. Boko Haram fighters would visit and pick their wives. The girls were powerless to resist as even then the men would be heavily armed. They were shown videos of people being raped, tortured and killed as a threat of what would happen to them if they tried to run away. Also, Dr Andrew Pocock, the former British high commissioner to Nigeria, said UK and US authorities knew the location of the girls after they were kidnapped, but experts felt nothing could be done.