Libya militia crackdown spreads to Tripoli

Tripoli : Libya | Sep 23, 2012 at 3:07 PM PDT

Source: The Daily Telegraph

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The army said in an online statement on Sunday that its forces had dislodged a militia from a military complex on the highway to Tripoli International Airport, arresting militiamen and confiscating their weapons. Gunfire was heard in the area for less than a minute, an AFP journalist said, but there... FULL ARTICLE AT The Daily Telegraph

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