Sat Sep 22, 2012, 06:48 AM

Squinch (3,018 posts)

Libyans storm militia in backlash to attack on US

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Source: Associated Press

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters angry over last week's killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya stormed the compound of the Islamic extremist militia suspected in the attack, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building Friday.

In an unprecedented show of public anger at Libya's rampant militias, the crowd overwhelmed the compound of the Ansar al-Shariah Brigade in the center of the eastern city of Benghazi.

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For many Libyans, the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was the last straw in one of the biggest problems Libya has faced since the ouster and death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi around a year ago — the multiple mini-armies that with their arsenals of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades are stronger than the regular armed forces and police.

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Other signs mourned the killing of Stevens, reading, "The ambassador was Libya's friend" and "Libya lost a friend." Military helicopters and fighter jets flew overhead, and police mingled in the crowd, buoyed by the support of the protesters.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGlXl-Ba01Ta6mwlgqWK1FtLX5ew?docId=370a5089bce94f218ba2643bcf700f29

Some good news out of all the sadness in the Middle East? Here's hoping THIS spreads from country to country.

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Libyans storm militia in backlash to attack on US (Original post)	Squinch	Sep 2012	OP
unexpected, but great news. I hope all involved are safe.	Tunkamerica	Sep 2012	#1
Perhaps 9 killed in the storming of the 2nd militia base	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2012	#2
I knew it was naive when i typed it.	Tunkamerica	Sep 2012	#4
I hope they catch all of the bad guys who had anything to do	Hubert Flottz	Sep 2012	#3
The militias are armed, the citizens aren't, and they're going in anyway.	Squinch	Sep 2012	#5
How can this be??	DCBob	Sep 2012	#6
Duplicate LBN	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#7
When the Ambassador was murdered, my rw niece said	mountain grammy	Sep 2012	#8
American Militias	oldsarge54	Sep 2012	#9
That's awesome, true foreign policy at work.	bamacrat	Sep 2012	#10
Good!	Pterodactyl	Sep 2012	#11
Locking - duplicate thread	muriel_volestrangler	Sep 2012	#12

Response to Squinch (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 06:57 AM

Tunkamerica (4,353 posts)

1. unexpected, but great news. I hope all involved are safe.

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Response to Tunkamerica (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:21 AM

muriel_volestrangler (65,305 posts)

2. Perhaps 9 killed in the storming of the 2nd militia base

The HQ of the Sahaty Brigade, said to have official backing, was also stormed. At least nine people were killed there, another died elsewhere.
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However, in a standoff outside the headquarters of the Sahaty Brigade in the city, three people were killed and at least 20 injured according to witnesses and officials.
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Another person was killed and another 20 injured in other incidents, city hospitals said.

On Saturday, sources said the bodies of six people had been found. They had been shot "execution-style".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19680785

Which side the dead were on seems unclear so far.

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Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:28 AM

Tunkamerica (4,353 posts)

4. I knew it was naive when i typed it.

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Response to Squinch (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:22 AM

Hubert Flottz (36,718 posts)

3. I hope they catch all of the bad guys who had anything to do

with the killing of our countrymen. Think of the suffering that might have been brought on to everyone in Libya, if the knee jerk jerks in the GOP had been in the White House.

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:58 AM

Squinch (3,018 posts)

5. The militias are armed, the citizens aren't, and they're going in anyway.

May the God of us all bless them.

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:03 AM

DCBob (14,754 posts)

6. How can this be??

The Republicans are telling us the Libyans hate us.

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:24 AM

dipsydoodle (32,585 posts)

7. Duplicate LBN

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014240382

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:59 AM

mountain grammy (1,590 posts)

8. When the Ambassador was murdered, my rw niece said

"I wish George W was still president. He would show Libya who's boss!" I said really? I'm sure this story won't make it past her right wing filter and she'll never know (or care.)

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Sat Sep 22, 2012, 11:10 AM

oldsarge54 (582 posts)

9. American Militias

Please take note. You are NOT popular with the US population so either. REAL militias answered to the state government and accepted national command authority. They did not swear to uphold the Constitution, and then reserve the right to determine from whom.

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Response to Squinch (Original post)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 11:13 AM

bamacrat (3,821 posts)