Bomb targets U.S. embassy in Libya

[Eugene]

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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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-libya-attack-us-idUSBRE8550GX20120606

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Who would do that?

Especially in the cradle of the Libyan revolution.

[TheWraith]

2. Angry assholes can be found everywhere. nt

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. There is some speculation that it was Al-Qaeda...

...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]

8. "Pretty weak response" describes most of al-Qaeda's actions of the last five or so years. (nt)

[jakeXT]

4. Libyan government retakes airport from disgruntled militia

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]

7. They took it but, can they hold it?

a lot of bureaucracy needs to be replanted

[riderinthestorm]

5. Wait, Juan Cole just said everything's fine! Reuters obviously hasn't read his column

I saw it on DU...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002768036

[may3rd]

6. Must be an isolated incident

We see a LOT of those in the world today