Dick Tuck
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If there's any good news over the Middle East activities in the past two weeks, this is one.
Libyans storm militia building after giant protest in wake of attack on US consulate - The Washington Post
Libyans storm militia building after giant protest in wake of attack on US consulate - The Washington Post
Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libyas strongest armed Islamic extremist groups Friday, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building as the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans sparked a public backlash against armed groups that run rampant in the country and defy the countrys new, post-Moammar Gadhafi leadership.
Armed men at the administrative center for the Ansar al-Shariah militia, suspected to have led the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Benghazi consulate, first fired in the air to disperse the crowd, but eventually withdrew from the site with their weapons and vehicles after it was surrounded by waves of protesters shouting No to militias.