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June 16, 2014

Libya: Renegade General Launches Fresh Assault in Benghazi 
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In Libya, as many as 12 people have died in fighting after a renegade
general launched a renewed assault on militants in Benghazi. Khalifa
Haftar, who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising, has
been joined by a number of army units in his bid to root out Islamist
militants. The violence marks the worst fighting in weeks and comes less
than two weeks before Libya's parliamentary elections.

 

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