Russian Embassy in Libya attacked, no injuries among diplomats

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

Russia's embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli came under fire on Wednesday and a group of people tried to force their way into the compound, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Diplomatic sources in Libya said security guards fired shots to disperse about 60 people that had approached the embassy. The attempt to enter the building was repelled and according to the Foreign Ministry no diplomats were wounded in the incident.

The Russian Itar Tass news agency cited unnamed sources as saying embassy staff had been taken to the airport as a precaution. But a Libyan security source said the incident did not appear to have been mounted by any militant group.

"In Tripoli ...a shooting occurred and there was an attempt to enter the territory of the Russian embassy in Libya," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told Russian state television.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/02/uk-libya-embassy-attack-idUKBRE99112E20131002

[azurnoir]

1. Interesting to put it mildly

and no one knows what group it was either

[marble falls]

2. Ted Cruz says its just another Obama failure.

[cosmicone]

3. Quick ... someone call

McCain, Graham and Ayotte to explain how this is the fault of Obama and Hillary.

[alp227]

4. Will the right wing Putin lovefest finally be over?

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If those right wingers had any consistency they'd give Putin as much crap as they'd given Obama over the 2012 embassy attack. Remember, right wingers have been in LOVE with Putin ever since he signed those "no gay propaganda" laws and dissed Obama over Syria!

[dipsydoodle]

7. Odd reasoning.

"since" ?

Exactly who has given Obama crap over this embassy attack ?

[alp227]

8. Sorry i meant the 9/11/12 attack n/t

[Recursion]

5. Retaliation for a murder of a Libyan pilot by a pro-Ghadaffi Russian woman

Weird

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/10/02/russian-embassy-libya-attacked/2910911/

[pinto]

6. from the LA Times - Mob attacks Russian Embassy in Tripoli; revenge suspected

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-libya-benghazi-russian-consulate-attack-20131002,0,6475124.story

By Carol J. Williams
October 2, 2013, 5:04 p.m.

Gunmen stormed the Russian Embassy in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, on Wednesday night, scrambling over the walls of the compound, tearing down the Russian flag and opening fire on cars and buildings, Russian and Libyan news agencies reported.

The attack was suspected to be revenge for the killing a day earlier of a Libyan air force pilot by a Russian woman, who the gunmen thought had taken refuge in the diplomatic mission, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

"The Wednesday attack may be linked with the incident on Tuesday," in which local media reported that a Russian woman -- some identified her as Ukrainian -- shot and killed Libyan air force officer Mohammed Susi in Tripoli, then attacked the pilot's elderly mother with a knife, ITAR-TASS reported.

The Russian news agency, citing local security sources and the Libyan news agency LANA, said the woman had not been identified, nor was a motive in the attacks known.