title: sean hannity spreads fake news story to millions as republicans remain brainwashed
text: military an mq reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission november   at creech air force base in indian springs nevada photo by afp 
  the us military forces have secretly been using an airbase in tunisia for drone operations to gather intelligence from inside oilrich libya officials say 
  the announcement was made by unnamed sources cited in a washington post report on wednesday 
  libya has been struggling to contain the daesh takfiri terrorists who started expanding their presence in the country following the overthrow and death of longtime dictator muammar gaddafi in  
  the base has apparently been in use since late june in an alleged effort to support the libyan governments fight against the terrorists currently in control of the northern city of sirte 
  the us has also been using bases in niger and djibouti but those ones are farther away 
  efforts by the administration of president barack obama to access the airbase were meant to keep drones and small special operations teams within striking distance of the militants and close a blind spot for us and western spy agencies 
  the officials also asserted that the drones were unarmed and tasked with gathering intelligences adding they could be armed in the future if tunis agrees 
  the tunisian government is yet to issue a possible response to the report 
  drones tasked with assassination in the north african country usually fly out of naval air station sigonella on the italian island of sicily 
  the reason for keeping use of the airbase secret has been mentioned as part of the obama administration efforts not to harm tunisias young democracy as put by the washington post  
  washington conducts targeted killings through remotelycontrolled armed drones in several african and middle eastern countries 
  the united states claims the airstrikes target members of alqaeda and other militants but according to local officials and witnesses civilians have been the victims of the attacks 
  the airstrikes initiated by former us president george w bush have been escalated since barack obama took office in  
  international organizations and human rights groups say the airstrikes flout international law loading