"The devastation goes back as far as you can see," said Green, "It is almost beyond description. "Green said he visited a soccer stadium where locker rooms were used as torture chambers by Islamic State. "You can see a makeshift metal bed where they laid their torture victims right on the bed. "You don't invest three years in defeating ISIS and then fail to implement an obligatory aspect of military doctrine," said Hof. The challenge, he added, was who would be left in command on the ground to ensure rebuilding took place.

Source: Libya Today January 22, 2018 21:33 UTC