When soldiers move into houses where they suspect the fighters are hiding, they are greeted by booby traps, officers say. Libya is in chaos, and the fight for Benghazi (the ISIS 'capital') has stalled: but look at what the local 'Government' is faced with on a a year ago basis. Not only is the rebel group ( Majlis al-Shoura ) well armed, well trained and definitely better equipped for what it is doing than the local security forces; but then ISIS fighters pitch up mid-battle, make life even worse for the government forces and then disappear. ISIS and Benghazi are not 'aligned' and there is no formal accord between the six Islamist groups: simply they have a common enemy, and every so often ISIS will join in and lend the Islamist rebels a hand. How can you combat that?
Libya is in chaos, and the fight for Benghazi (the ISIS 'capital') has stalled: but look at what the local 'Government' is faced with on a a year ago basis. Not only is the rebel group ( Majlis al-Shoura ) well armed, well trained and definitely better equipped for what it is doing than the local security forces; but then ISIS fighters pitch up mid-battle, make life even worse for the government forces and then disappear. ISIS and Benghazi are not 'aligned' and there is no formal accord between the six Islamist groups: simply they have a common enemy, and every so often ISIS will join in and lend the Islamist rebels a hand. How can you combat that?