Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to carry out military action against terrorists in Libya should they pose an imminent threat to Britain.
After landing in Indonesia in advance of discussions on tackling the growing threat from Islamic extremists in the South East Asia region, the prime minister made clear that he was ready to order strikes on Libyan targets should evidence emerge of an imminent plot.
Mr Cameron is already known to be behind the idea of British strikes on Isis targets in Syria should such action be approved by parliament.
On Monday he confirmed that he also reserved the right to hit threats coming from Libya if necessary. Seifeddine Rezgui, the terrorist behind the Tunisian resort attack, is known to have been trained in Libya.
“If there is a threat to Britain or to our people on our streets ... we are able to stop it by taking immediate action against that threat. As prime minister, I would always want to try and take that action, and that’s the case whether that problem is emanating from Libya or Syria or anywhere else.”
Meanwhile last Saturday it was learnt that British fighters with Isis who threatened attacks on America and the West were being tracked down in Syria and eliminated by US drone strikes.
The targeted killings are the first of their type involving British citizens in Syria, raising concern among other foreign fighters in the region.
Those who have since been killed include Abu Rahin Aziz, 33, who fled Luton in March last year while on bail for an assault, Reyaad Khan, 21, from Cardiff, who was killed in a vehicle in Raqqa on July 7, and Assad Uzzaman, 25, who was one of five men who styled themselves the Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys and travelled to Syria to fight as jihadis.
