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Tripoli Government Declares Military Alert

by Reuters

   TRIPOLI, LIBYA --

   Libya's internationally recognized government, which controls the
   capital, Tripoli, declared a general military alert Wednesday after
   eastern
   forces said they were moving west, a statement said.

   "We have issued instructions and declared a general alert to all
   military and security forces from military and army belonging to us to
   be prepared," the Tripoli government said in a statement.