ISIS' Recent Moves in North Africa Are Freaking US Officials Out

'We are seeing an exponential growth of ISIS in Libya'

Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias, hold a demonstration against a film and a cartoon denigrating the Prophet Muhammad in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 21, 2012. Mohammad Hannon, File /AP Photo

There’s been much coverage of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) executions of foreign hostages, but some U.S. officials are more troubled about the terrorist organization’s moves in Libya.

Libya, along with Syria, were both swept up in the Arab Spring protests in 2011, which led to destabilizing civil wars.

And Libya hasn’t really recovered since then.

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