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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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Videos Show Libyan Officials Threatening Jailed Gaddafi Son
New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after footage emerged showing guards beating him in the same Tripoli jail.
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Al Saadi Gaddafi to Libya
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya's 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli on Thursday after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.
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Some 100 prisoners recaptured out of 1,100 in Libyan jail break
About 100 inmates out of more than 1,100 who escaped during a prison riot in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have been recaptured, a security official said on Sunday.
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120 prisoners escape from Tripoli jail: Libyan official
About 120 prisoners escaped from a jail in Tripoli on Monday, National Guard chief Khaled al-Sharif said, adding that Libyan security services were on high alert to catch them.
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Libya releases Islamists including bin Laden's driver
Libya has released 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).Wearing white traditional robes, the mostly young detainees were assembled in a tent put up in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison on Tuesday where they were joined by their families.Bin Laden's former driver, ...
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Islamic State in Libya Fights to Emulate Iraq, Syria Success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise.
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Videos Show Libyan Officials Threatening Jailed Gaddafi Son
New videos show Libyan security officials threatening Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi in an effort to force him to talk, two weeks after footage emerged showing guards beating him in the same Tripoli jail.
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Niger extradites Gaddafi's son Al Saadi Gaddafi to Libya
Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, his special forces commander who fled abroad during Libya's 2011 revolution, was imprisoned in Tripoli on Thursday after Niger agreed to send him back from house arrest there.
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Some 100 prisoners recaptured out of 1,100 in Libyan jail break
About 100 inmates out of more than 1,100 who escaped during a prison riot in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have been recaptured, a security official said on Sunday.
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120 prisoners escape from Tripoli jail: Libyan official
About 120 prisoners escaped from a jail in Tripoli on Monday, National Guard chief Khaled al-Sharif said, adding that Libyan security services were on high alert to catch them.
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Libya releases Islamists including bin Laden's driver
Libya has released 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).Wearing white traditional robes, the mostly young detainees were assembled in a tent put up in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison on Tuesday where they were joined by their families.Bin Laden's former driver, ...
