Libya Calls All Army Personnel to Duty After Benghazi Clashes
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Libya mobilized all army forces in the eastern city of Benghazi and issued orders to open fire on anyone carrying weapons after overnight clashes with an Islamist militia left nine dead and dozens wounded.
The fighting between the army’s special forces division and members of the Ansar al-Sharia militia was the latest outbreak of unrest in the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against Muammar Qaddafi.