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| Three soldiers killed in attack in Libya's Benghazi |
| 2013-05-30 |
| [Al Ahram] Unknown assailants threw an bomb at a military checkpoint in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and injuring three others, security officials said. The attack was the latest in a wave of violence against security forces in the city, the cradle of the 2011 uprising against Muammar Qadaffy ...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them... Nearly two years after he was ousted, the Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... government is still struggling to impose its authority on a country awash with weapons and where lawless militias do as they please. "In the night, unknown assailants in a black Chevrolet car threw an bomb as they passed a military patrol at one of the city's roundabouts," a police source said. "There was no shooting. They then just fled." Abdullah al-Shaafi, front man of Benghazi's security operations room, confirmed three soldiers had been killed and three others maimed in the attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 "The Libyans as a group do not want Sharia, they want an American style of democracy." Then they need to start killing the terrorists among them. Now. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-30 13:36 |
| #5 "scoring a direct hit on the antenna array and didn't even scorch the paint on the mosque" Too bad. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-30 13:34 |
| #4 Has a distinctly Russian smell to it. Considering it was the Soviets and their Pact that influenced a post colonial/post monarchical Libya, it really should not be all that surprising. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-30 13:20 |
| #3 The Libyans as a group do not want Sharia, they want an American style of democracy. I'm glad to know that about Tripoli, Bill C., but what about Benghazi? My impression is that the latter is much more tribal, religious, and uninterested in modern innovations like democracy and equality under the law for others. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-30 10:27 |
| #2 The Libyan government has formed a special taskforce of quick responding units to locate, isolate and "deal with" the militias. Has a distinctly Russian smell to it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-30 05:08 |
| #1 The Libyan government has formed a special taskforce of quick responding units to locate, isolate and "deal with" the militias. The Revolutionaries are jumping on the bandwagon, jointing the border patrol, the state and local police and the army. The militias are jihadists and opposed to a democratic Libya. The rapid respond units are taking down a number of militias in Tripoli each night. Some go quietly but like Tuesday night, force is required for the more fanatical. Many of the militias are mercenaries hired by Qaddafi or third country nationals attracted by the jihad. The Libyans as a group do not want Sharia, they want an American style of democracy. As an aside, from what I am able to put together here in Tripoli, the US activities during the revolt were much greater than reported in the MSM. Somewhere in all of this is the MSM trying to keep the narrative alive by not publishing anything about what the US forces were doing in Libya. There are a number of wrecked Qaddafi facilities in the center of Tripoli that could only have been hit with the assistance of SO forces on the ground painting them with lasers. They hit a communications site next to a mosque, scoring a direct hit on the antenna array and didn't even scorch the paint on the mosque. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-05-30 04:00 |