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イスラム国の兵士が，軍事訓練を行うためにリビアに向かったという記事です。リビアは2011年のカダフィ政権崩壊以降，混乱が続いております。リビア兵の一部がイスラム国に協力しているというケースもあります。
記事の中で気になった単語は"nascent"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）によると「芽生えつつある，萌芽期の」などという意味がありました。Wisdomの例文には"a nascent industry"「発達期にある産業」，"a nascent talent"「開花しようとしている才能」などがありました。（Ume）
Islamic State setting up Libya training camps, US says
Speaking in Washington on Wednesday, Gen Rodriguez said it was not yet clear how closely aligned the trainees were with IS.
"It's mainly about people coming for training and logistics support right now, for training sites," he said. "Right now it's just small and very nascent and we just have to see how it goes."
Correspondents say that in the aftermath of the revolution that ousted Gaddafi, many rebel fighters left to fight with militant groups in Syria, and some are believed to have returned home.
The elected government has lost Libya's three main cities amid the political crisis.
Benghazi, the country's second city, is in the hands of Islamist fighters, and the internationally recognised parliament is now based in the coastal town of Tobruk in the east.
The US has been leading an international coalition conducting air strikes against IS in Iraq and Syria in recent months.
