Tripoli, Libya
Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Bargati (C) looks on during a meeting with elderlies and tribe chiefs on the security situation on May 18, 2013 in Benghazi, Libya. A bomb exploded Saturday in a Tripoli street housing the Algerian, Greek and Saudi embassies, lightly damaging a car, hours after a soldier was wounded in a bombing in Libya's second city Benghazi. A security source said the homemade bomb, locally known as 'gelatina', had been placed near a car on a street in the central district of Dahra where the three embassies are located.
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A small team of Special Forces operatives was ready to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi last year after Libyan insurgents attacked the U.S. mission there, but was told it was not authorized to board the flight by regional military commanders, according to a career State Department official scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday
Liberals and reformers from the Gaddafi era are being gradually sidelined ... In Tripoli, Abdelhakim Belhadj, the current head of domestic security, was a former militia leader who was close to the [Islamist] Muslim Brotherhood and maintains a murky relationship with radical groups. All this means that there is no guarantee of security in Libya, except for those with strong ties to the militia groups.
This denial is contradicted by a statement government issued on details of the arrest of two persons believed to be from Omanye Gold mining company ltd which states A ULS cargo aircraft (Airbus 300-B4) arrived at the Kotoka International Airport from Tripoli, Libya and filed a Landing Clearance Request form in which they indicated that they were to lift gold bars as their cargo.More quotes »
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
-- Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi , but no casualties were reported.A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged by 5/18/13 Read more »
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Former U.S. official describes Libya attack
Chris Stevens .In a slow, halting and sometimes emotional voice, Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission who was in Tripoli, described for a House committee how a routine day on Sept. 11, 2012, quickly devolved as insurgents launched two nighttime attacks Read more »
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Libyan leader vows to stand against militia
the state "will not be lenient and we will not permit hijacking of Tripoli or Benghazi or any other city."On the one hand, the Libyan government heavily depends on security provided by commanders of powerful militias, such as Rafallah Sahati and Libya Shield. Read more »
Around the web
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Legal group: Illegal detentions, judges' fear cause Libyan lawlessness
Libya, May 19 (UPI) -- Lawlessness in Libya is a result of lack of security for judges and lawyers and the detention of 8,000 people without charges, a legal aid group said. "Unquestionably, the two greatest -- and interrelated -- challenges are security and 11:59 AM from United Press International Read more »
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With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
fought in Algeria's war of independence against France. Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir 11:14 AM from The Star Malaysia Read more »
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Paul: We Need to Treat Tripoli and Benghazi Like Baghdad
Iraq. He described the decision not to do so prior to last year’s 9/11 attacks in Benghazi as “tragic.” “Even now, the embassy in Tripoli should be under the guard of military command similar to what we do Baghdad,” Paul state on CNN’s State of the Union this 10:46 AM from The Corner-National Review Online Read more »
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Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
Libya (AP) — Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. A security official says one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi that had been previously damaged 5/18/13 from ABC-KVUE Austin Read more »
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The truth about Benghazi
Photo: AFP It's just past midnight when Amber Pickens grabs the axe. Going from desk to desk in the US embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, the office manager smashes the hard drive in each classified computer. Then onto another essential task for this from Sydney Morning Herald Read more »
