Posted on 07/13/2014 9:37:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Gunfire from the battles echoed through Tripoli as fierce fighting raged between Libyan forces and allied militias and a powerful militia from the western city of Zintan that controls the airport, a member of a revolutionary battalion attached to Libya's army chief of staff that took part in the battle said.
Those living in the vicinity said troops surrounded the airfield and fired rockets at buildings inside. Thick columns of black smoke rose overhead and could be seen from downtown Tripoli.
The health ministry said six people were killed in the fighting and 25 were wounded.
Authorities said Saturday that the airport was to have been handed over into government control. The government largely relies on the same militias to police the streets as its security forces remain in disarray.
The powerful Zintan militia had taken control of the airport, providing security for the strategic installation, following the fall of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
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Bang up job fixing Libya Bammy.
moozlums killing moozlums. Have a nice day.
Dogfight???
Could not be much of a fight. More people than that are killed on a Chicago weekend and there is no tactical objective involved.
6 killed? a better than average night in Chicago.
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