Libya Unrest: Government Announces Clampdown On Militia

September 23, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Rogue militias in Libya will soon be dissolved - at least, that is the government's promise. Waves of angry protests in the east of the country have pushed for a stronger government reaction. Already there has been a response, with one militia driven out of Benghazi and two others in Derna saying they will leave. Al Jazeera's Mereana Hond reports.

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Benghazi

Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the capital of the Cyrenaica region, and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya. The port city is located on the Mediterranean Sea. During the Ki... Explore this topic

Libyan rebel forces

The anti-Gaddafi forces were Libyan groups that opposed and militarily defeated the government of Muammar Gaddafi, killing him in the process. These opposition forces included organised and armed militia groups, participants in the Libyan civil war, Libyan diplomats who switch... Explore this topic

Politics of Libya

The politics of Libya are currently in a phase of transition. As a result of the collapse of the Gaddafi government in August 2011 due to the 2011 Libyan civil war, Libya is under de facto administration of the National Transitional Council (NTC). The NTC pledged to organize d... Explore this topic

2012 US diplomatic missions attacks

On September 11, 2012, the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were attacked during protests over media excerpts of a trailer for a purported film titled Innocence of Muslims, which was considered by the attackers to be blasphemous against the ... Explore this topic

2011 Libyan Uprising

The Libyan civil war, also referred to as the Libyan revolution was a 2011 armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginnin... Explore this topic

Military of Libya

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Militia

A militia, generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters; citizens of a nation or subjects of a state or government that can be called upon to enter a combat situation, as opposed to a professional force of regular soldiers o... Explore this topic

Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 mill... Explore this topic

Innocence of Muslims

Innocence of Muslims is reportedly a 2012 anti-Muslim film about the Prophet Muhammad, the trailers for which triggered the September 11, 2012 storming of the United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and a rocket attack on an embassy personnel car of the United States Consulate ... Explore this topic

Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 ... Explore this topic

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