Bomb targets U.S. embassy in Libya
Source: Reuters
BENGHAZI, Libya | Wed Jun 6, 2012 8:32am EDT
(Reuters) - A bomb targeted the U.S. embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi late on Tuesday, an embassy official said.
He said the improvised explosive device hit outside the gate of the offices and no one was injured.
"We have asked the Libyan government to increase its security around U.S. facilities," the official told Reuters. The main U.S. embassy is in the capital Tripoli.
The attack is the latest on international missions and institutions in Benghazi, the coastal city 1,000 km east of Tripoli where the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi began last year and where many overseas bodies station representatives.
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Especially in the cradle of the Libyan revolution.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)...in retaliation for the drone killing of the #2, whose name was al Libi (the Libyan).
If it was Al Qaeda, that's a pretty weak response, like throwing a firecracker.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Libya's government has retaken control of the country's main airport from disgruntled militiamen who stormed the Tripoli site with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles on Monday, Libya's interim leader said.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0604/Libyan-government-retakes-airport-from-disgruntled-militia
may3rd
(593 posts)a lot of bureaucracy needs to be replanted
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)I saw it on DU...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002768036
may3rd
(593 posts)We see a LOT of those in the world today