SAS deployed in Libya since start of year, says leaked memo

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/sas-deployed-libya-start-year-leaked-memo-king-abdullah

King Abdullah of Jordan indicates US was briefed about plans for Jordanian special forces to operate alongside British

SAS deployed in Libya since start of year, says leaked memo
Randeep Ramesh
Friday 25 March 2016 08.43 EDT

British SAS forces have been deployed in Libya since the beginning of the year, according to a confidential briefing given to US congressional leaders by the king of Jordan.

A leaked memo indicates the US lawmakers were personally briefed by King Abdullah in January about plans for Jordan’s special forces to operate in the country alongside the British.

According to the notes of the meeting in the week of 11 January – seen by the Guardian – King Abdullah confirmed his country’s own special forces “will be imbedded (sic) with British SAS” in Libya.

According to the memo, the monarch met with US congressional leaders – including John McCain, the chairman of the Senate armed services committee, and Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Also present was the House of Representatives speaker Paul Ryan.