Libya's army has clamped down on militias and other armed groups, including hard-line Islamists, that still control large areas of the country more than a year after Muammar Gaddafi's fall.
Libya's army has clamped down on militias and other armed groups, including hard-line Islamists, that still control large areas of the country more than a year after Muammar Gaddafi's fall.
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ELLEN THOMAS TRIPOLI
Late on Friday Ansar al Sharia, a militia linked with the attack on the US consulate in which ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died, was swept from its bases in Benghazi by mass demonstrations of angry residents.
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