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bemildred

(90,061 posts)
Mon Nov 3, 2014, 08:03 PM Nov 2014

UPDATE 2-Heavy fighting near seaport of Libyan city Benghazi, navy ship hit

Nov 3 (Reuters) - A Libyan navy ship was hit and 13 people killed during heavy fighting with aircraft and tanks on Monday between the army and Islamist militants near the port of Benghazi, residents of the Mediterranean city said.

The battle was part of a wider conflict in the North African state where former rebels who helped oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 are fighting for power and a share of Libya's large oil revenues.

Army special forces, backed by troops of an ex-general, launched an offensive in the Benghazi area two weeks ago against Islamist militants blamed by Washington for a 2012 assault on the former U.S. consulate which killed the American ambassador.

The Red Crescent evacuated 53 foreign workers and 14 sick people trapped inside a hospital next to the port, medics said, while the army moved more tanks and artillery into the city.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/11/03/libya-security-idINL6N0ST3OD20141103

Jets, and tanks.

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