SAS spearhead coalition offensive to halt Islamic State oil snatches in Libya

The aim is to halt the advance of 5,000 extremists who have seized more than a dozen major oil fields, boosting their war coffers.

Crack SAS [British special forces] troops are in Libya preparing for the arrival of around 1,000 British infantrymen to be sent against ISIS there in early 2016. 

Special Forces including military close observation experts from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment are spearheading a major coalition offensive against the terror network. 

The operation will involve around 6,000 American and European soldiers and marines - led by Italian forces and supported mainly by Britain and France. 

It comes in a bid to stop the advance of around 5,000 Islamic extremists, who have already secured more than a dozen major-oilfields to swell their war chest of millions of dollars.

DYI Comments:  War is ramping up as groups begin to align themselves.  The two biggest will be the Sunnis versus the Shiites lead by Iran(Shiites) and Saudi Arabia(Sunnis) throw in the mix of ISIS who are staunch Sunni's. 

Questions Rebels Use to Tell Sunni From Shiite

ISIS believes that the Shiites are apostates and must die in order to forge a pure form of Islam. The two main branches of Islam diverge in their beliefs over who is the true inheritor of the mantle of the Prophet Muhammad. The Shiites believe that Islam was transmitted through the household of the Prophet Muhammad. Sunnis believe that it comes down through followers of the Prophet Muhammad who, they say, are his chosen people.      

 The Russians are back in the Middle East supporting Syria as Assad is a minority religious sect Alawites hated by the Sunnis and tolerated by Shiites.  The U.S./U.K./NATO/EU alignment is moving to a pro Iran Shiite position as the U.S. tires of Saudi Arabia's terrorism activities.  Politics being strange bedfellows the U.S. will be allied with the Russians even as we attempt to drive the Russian navy out of the Black Sea.

All About Oil/Gas....But You Already New That!

The best we can hope for is a low level / low casualty environment as the major players secure hydrocarbons to power their economies.  If the Chinese come in, in a big way, then you have the seeds of world war.  So far their activities have been centered in Asia.

DYI