Libya: Ansar Al-Sharia Leader Escapes Assassination
Source: Africa Headlines
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-17 22:50:17 -0700 | travel-news
Tripoli The leader of Libya's Ansar al-Sharia branch in Derna escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday (April 14th). Sofian Ben Qumu (aka Abou Fares) was not hurt in the attack near Ras al-Hilal, between al-Bayda and Derna, Ansar al-Sharia spokesperson...
Libyan passenger plane shot at near Tripoli
Source: Al Jazeera
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-17 18:28:01 -0700 | travel-news
07 A Libyan passenger plane with at least 150 passengers on board was shot at as it prepared to land at Tripoli airport, but sustained no major damage, airline sources have said. The Buraq Air Boeing 737 was a near...
LAMBRO: No running away from the reality of terror
Source: The Washington Times
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-17 03:59:02 -0700 | travel-news
The bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, the first large-scale attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001, was clearly another terrorist attack. So why wasn't it labeled as such by President Obama in his first public remarks from...
Obama visible but cautious in Boston response
Source: Arizona Republic
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-17 00:34:56 -0700 | travel-news
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama has aimed to be both visible and cautious in his response, declaring the attack an "act of terror" while warning the nation against jumping to conclusions. The president's approach...
Why Does It Matter If Boston Bombing Is "Terrorism"?
Source: The Progressive
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-16 10:12:11 -0700 | travel-news
News reporters have been urgently concerned with how long it would take President Obama to label the tragedy in Boston an act of terror, as Brian Beutler points out in Talking Points Memo : "Salivating over the T-word," as Beutler...
Muslims are celebrating Obama rather than Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack
Source: Canadian Free Press
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-16 05:41:46 -0700 | travel-news
In the 11-plus years since 9/11 there has been no successful terrorist attack on American soil. Indeed, even yesterday the person or persons behind the IEDs only succeeded in detonating two bombs out of a reported seven. That's because authorities...
In Boston attack, a reminder of the difficulty in foiling terrorist plots
Source: Washington Post
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-15 21:27:31 -0700 | travel-news
But the success of the strike on the Boston Marathon , an international symbol of a city's pride, highlights the enduring difficulty that U.S. officials face in impeding a determined attacker. In remarks Monday evening, President Obama did not label...
Former Gitmo prisoner recaptured as suspect in assault on US consulate in Libya
Source: Russia Today
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-04-15 04:31:10 -0700 | travel-news
Sufyan bin Qumu was shot during an operation in the eastern city of Darna, in the al-Thruwn region, which is an Islamist stronghold. The wounded man was delivered to a hospital, where he remains in custody in the intensive care...
Head of Libyan Islamic extremist militia shot
Source: SF Gate
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-14 14:54:39 -0700 | travel-news
Libya (AP) A security official says the leader of an Islamic extremist militia in Libya suspected of involvement in an attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. ambassador has been shot. Sufyan bin Qumu , a former Guantanamo Bay detainee,...
Libya arrests 20 after...
Source: Arab News
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-14 15:19:34 -0700 | travel-news
Libyan authorities have arrested 20 people after an attack on a police vehicle compound in the desert south in which one person was killed, the army chief said yesterday. The attack on the compound took place on Thursday in the...
Return of 18,000 Indians to top Ahamed?s agenda in Libya
Source: The Hindu
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-12 14:47:52 -0700 | travel-news
On India's first high-level ministerial visit to that country, post-democratic system The world's largest and newest democracies will meet when Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed arrives in Tripoli on Saturday for the first high-level ministerial visit from...
Thatcher led in fighting terrorism
Source: CNN
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-11 12:25:34 -0700 | travel-news
Operation El Dorado Canyon, authorized by President Ronald Reagan and launched on April 14, 1986, entailed the bombing of military and terrorist installations in Tripoli, Libya. The attack was ordered partly in retaliation for Libya's role in the bombing of...
Libya's weapons spreading, U.N. finds
Source: United Press International
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-11 10:00:21 -0700 | travel-news
The spread of illicit weapons coming out of Libya is continuing at a "worrying rate," a special report from the U.N...A report on the spread of weapons used during the Libyan civil war in 2011 found proliferation extended throughout much...
Pipeline company leaves Libya
Source: United Press International
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-10 06:32:37 -0700 | travel-news
The Libyan government understands the decision made by French pipeline company Ponticelli to pull out of the country because of insecurity, a spokesman said...It was working as a subcontractor for a joint venture between the country's National Oil Co., French...
Libyan arms fueling warfare in Syria, Mali, Gaza Strip – UN report
Source: Russia Today
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-04-10 07:15:19 -0700 | travel-news
Libyan arms fueling warfare in Syria, Mali, Gaza Strip UN report Arms out of post-Gaddafi Libya are empowering militant groups, including terrorists and criminal gangs across the Middle East and Africa, a UN report said. Twelve countries are involved in...
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