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| Bomb Explodes near 3 Embassies in Libya |
| 2013-05-19 |
[Naharnet] A bomb went kaboom!Saturday in a Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... street housing the Algerian, Greek and Saudi embassies, lightly damaging a car, hours after a soldier was maimed in a bombing in Libya's second city Benghazi. A security source said the homemade bomb, locally known as "gelatina", had been placed near a car on a street in the central district of Dahra where the three embassies are located. The car, parked outside the Greek embassy, was slightly damaged and there were no reports of casualties. On April 23, a boom-mobile detonated outside the French embassy in the upmarket Gargaresh area of Tripoli, causing extensive damage and wounding two embassy guards and several local residents. Meanwhile a pre-dawn drive-by kaboom in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday slightly maimed a soldier. "A bomb was thrown from a car at an army checkpoint at the Dubail crossroads in the centre of Benghazi," a security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... "The attack was carried out at around 2 am (2400 GMT Thursday)," the official said, adding that the identity of the assailants was not known. Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 uprising against former dictator Muammar Qadaffy ...a reminder that a single man with an idea can change an entire nation, usually for the worse... , has seen a spate of attacks on security forces and Western interests in recent months. The latest bombings highlight the inability of authorities to establish effective security in Libya, which has been awash since the uprising with weapons used by former rebels and other groups who helped topple Qadaffy's regime. The attacks, which are not claimed, are usually blamed on radical Islamists, such as the group which raided the US consulate in Benghazi last September 11 killing four Americans including ambassador Chris Stevens. On Friday, a bomb apparently targeting troops guarding an empty Benghazi school building caused damage but no casualties. |
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