'I Can Hear the Bombs Falling': Fighting Engulfs Libya

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In recent weeks, news have come out of Libya that is all too familiar

Guns rule the streets. 'Freedom fighters,' who once battled against oppression, now battle each other. There has been a bloody fight for the airport in Tripoli. The American Embassy has been evacuated, and the French and German governments have told its nationals to leave as has China.

You know things are bad when even #China urges its nationals to leave #Libya, v @XHNews http://t.co/5pKLlR89We

— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) July 28, 2014

This week 75 bodies were found in Benghazi after days of fighting between the military and Islamist groups. As one piece put it: ‘Tripoli is burning.’ Read more...

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