ISIS and Migrant Smugglers Exploit Lawless Libya

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 21, 2015

Frederic Wehrey, a senior associate in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Jon Gambrell, the Middle East desk editor at The Associated Press, discuss how a failed state in Libya has made way for smugglers to ship migrants from Africa to Europe, a dangerous journey that has often proved fatal. Plus, the recently-released video that shows members of ISIS executing Ethiopian Christians in Libya means the group is expanding its influence in Libya.

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