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VOA Interview with US AFRICOM Spokesman

Carla Babb

   PENTAGON - The U.S. military says there are fewer than 150 Islamic
   State fighters left in Libya.

   In an exclusive interview Friday with VOA, Africa Command Director of
   Public Affairs Col. Chris Karns said four U.S. airstrikes this year had
   killed about 25 percent of the terror groups' fighters in Libya, where
   Islamic State forces had been gathering in camps and recruiting new
   fighters.

   "We wanted to make sure that threat did not grow," Karns said, adding
   that the U.S. would "continue to monitor the situation" to prevent
   Libya from gaining a safe haven and taking advantage of a "difficult
   situation."

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