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             Renegade Libyan General Survives Assassination Attempt

   by VOA News

   Rogue Libyan General Khalifa Haftar survived an assassination attempt
   at his residence in the eastern city of Benghazi, where he has been
   leading an offensive against Islamist militants.
   Military officials say a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with
   explosives to the Haftar compound gate Wednesday. Three soldiers were
   killed and several others were wounded, including the Libyan air force
   chief of staff Saqi al-Jerushi.
   Haftar was unhurt in the explosion. No one has claimed responsibility
   for the attack.
   The 71-year-old general, a former top military commander in the
   Gadhafi-era, has embarked on a weeks-long campaign against Islamist
   militias, whom he says Libya's weak federal government has failed to
   curtail.
   Haftar's latest assault on Monday left 20 dead in Benghazi and dozens
   injured.
   In other violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross says
   one of its aid workers, a Swiss citizen, was killed by unknown gunmen
   in the Libyan town of Sirte. No further details of the attack have been
   released.
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