The Pentagon has confirmed that it launched a military strike in Libya aimed at killing the architect of two Islamic State attacks in Tunisia last year.
It says the Islamic State cell targeted in the air strike posed an active threat to US national security interests.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook told reporters the site had been monitored for several weeks, until officials concluded the cell posed an active terrorist threat.
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Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook said the military action demonstrated the the US will pursue Islamic State fighters wherever it finds them.
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