By Ian Drury Hundreds of British troops are being prepared to deploy to North Africa to tackle al Qaeda-inspired extremists. Under secret plans being drawn up urgently by top brass, UK soldiers would be sent ‘within months’ to the region to help train the Libyan army. Political and military chiefs have acted amid mounting fears that Libya is rapidly becoming a safe haven for Islamist fanatics after Coloner Gadaffi was toppled in October 2011. Under secret plans being drawn up urgently by top brass, UK soldiers would be sent 'within months' to the region to help train the Libyan army
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UK soldiers would be sent ‘within months’ to help train the Libyan army
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There are fears that Libya is becoming a safe haven for Islamist fanatics
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Critics have raised concerns that Britain could suffer ‘mission creep’ and be sucked into another bloody war
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