Libya Declares Matial Law In Southern Provinces

Libya Orders Borders In South Closed -- BBC

Libya's parliament has ordered the temporary closure of southern borders and declared seven southern regions restricted military areas.

A parliament spokesman, Omar Humidan, said the move was aimed at stemming the flow of illegal immigrants and goods.

There was no indication of how long borders with Chad, Niger, Sudan and Algeria would remain shut.

Libya's southern regions have struggled with lawlessness since former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled last year.

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More News On Libya Closing Four Borders And Declaring Southern Libya A Military Zone

Libya closes borders, declares martial law in south -- AFP
Libya Closes Four Borders, Declares Southern Military Operation -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Libya Abruptly Closes Its Borders With Four Countries -- allAfrica.com
Libya seals its southern border -- Al Jazeera
Libya declares emergency law in southern regions -- RT
Libya orders temporary closure of borders: state agency -- Reuters
Libya abruptly closes its borders with four countries -- Sudan Tribune

Second Building Attacked During The U.S. Consulate Terror Attack Was A CIA Post

Revealed: Second U.S. Building Attacked In Libya Terror Raid Was CIA Base . . . As It Emerges American Drones Were Circling Above But Were 'Too Slow' To Act -- Daily Mail

* Second building in Benghazi had previously been described as an 'annexe'
* Two SEALs died while defending base a mile away from U.S. consulate
* American drones were in the sky above city during deadly September 11 raid

The 'annexe' to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi which was attacked by militants last month was a CIA building, it has been revealed.

The intelligence base, which has previously been described only as a 'safe house', was the building which two Navy SEALs were defending when they died in the terrorist raid.

It was around a mile from the consulate where ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith were killed on the night of September 11.

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Update: 'Annex' hit in Libya terror attack was CIA post, officials say -- FOX News

My Comment: The Daily Mail and FOX News are behind the curve on this one .... this story was reported on 10 days ago.

Libya's Political Crisis Continues

Libya's Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagour attends a news conference in Tripoli September 27. On Sunday Libya' national congress voted to dismiss Abu Shagour from his post. Ismail Zitouny/Reuters

Libyan Assembly Fires PM, Prolonging Struggle to Form Government -- Voice of America

Libyan lawmakers have fired their new interim prime minister by voting no confidence in his proposed Cabinet, prolonging the struggle to form a government capable of uniting and stabilizing the war-torn nation.

Libya's General National Congress rejected Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur's Cabinet lineup Sunday by a vote of 125-44 with several abstentions, resulting in his removal from office. He had offered lawmakers a lineup of 10 ministers, scaled down from his original list of 29 ministries, proposed last week.

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More News On Libya's Political Crisis

Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur dismissed -- BBC
Libyan prime minister ousted in no-confidence vote, meaning delays for attack investigation -- Washington Post
Libyan Prime Minister Ousted After Lawmakers Reject Cabinet -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Libya's national congress votes to dismiss prime minister -- Christian Science Monitor
Libya’s Prime Minister Is Dismissed -- New York Times
Libyan lawmakers remove prime minister from post -- L.A. Times
Libya Politician Fails in Vote on Cabinet Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Libya parliament votes to remove PM from post -- USA Today
Libya's congress rejects crisis government plan -- CNN

Libya's Political Crisis Continues

Libya's Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagour attends a news conference in Tripoli September 27. On Sunday Libya' national congress voted to dismiss Abu Shagour from his post. Ismail Zitouny/Reuters

Libyan Assembly Fires PM, Prolonging Struggle to Form Government -- Voice of America

Libyan lawmakers have fired their new interim prime minister by voting no confidence in his proposed Cabinet, prolonging the struggle to form a government capable of uniting and stabilizing the war-torn nation.

Libya's General National Congress rejected Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur's Cabinet lineup Sunday by a vote of 125-44 with several abstentions, resulting in his removal from office. He had offered lawmakers a lineup of 10 ministers, scaled down from his original list of 29 ministries, proposed last week.

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More News On Libya's Political Crisis

Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur dismissed -- BBC
Libyan prime minister ousted in no-confidence vote, meaning delays for attack investigation -- Washington Post
Libyan Prime Minister Ousted After Lawmakers Reject Cabinet -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Libya's national congress votes to dismiss prime minister -- Christian Science Monitor
Libya’s Prime Minister Is Dismissed -- New York Times
Libyan lawmakers remove prime minister from post -- L.A. Times
Libya Politician Fails in Vote on Cabinet Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Libya parliament votes to remove PM from post -- USA Today
Libya's congress rejects crisis government plan -- CNN

Libya's Political Crisis Continues

Libya's Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagour attends a news conference in Tripoli September 27. On Sunday Libya' national congress voted to dismiss Abu Shagour from his post. Ismail Zitouny/Reuters

Libyan Assembly Fires PM, Prolonging Struggle to Form Government -- Voice of America

Libyan lawmakers have fired their new interim prime minister by voting no confidence in his proposed Cabinet, prolonging the struggle to form a government capable of uniting and stabilizing the war-torn nation.

Libya's General National Congress rejected Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur's Cabinet lineup Sunday by a vote of 125-44 with several abstentions, resulting in his removal from office. He had offered lawmakers a lineup of 10 ministers, scaled down from his original list of 29 ministries, proposed last week.

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More News On Libya's Political Crisis

Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abu Shagur dismissed -- BBC
Libyan prime minister ousted in no-confidence vote, meaning delays for attack investigation -- Washington Post
Libyan Prime Minister Ousted After Lawmakers Reject Cabinet -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Libya's national congress votes to dismiss prime minister -- Christian Science Monitor
Libya’s Prime Minister Is Dismissed -- New York Times
Libyan lawmakers remove prime minister from post -- L.A. Times
Libya Politician Fails in Vote on Cabinet Plan -- Wall Street Journal
Libya parliament votes to remove PM from post -- USA Today
Libya's congress rejects crisis government plan -- CNN

Missing Heat-Seeking Missiles In Libya

Libyan rebels had amassed large quantities of heavy weapons, stolen from Gaddafi’s arsenals last year. Anis Mili/Reuters

Libya Militia Leader: Heat-Seeking Missiles, Other Weapons Stolen During Firefight -- Washington Post

BENGHAZI, Libya — The commander of a powerful Libyan militia said Monday that looters had stolen “a large number” of shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles from the militia’s base when protesters who called for dismantling the country’s militias overran the compound.

Ismail Salabi, the commander of Rafallah al-Sahati, a powerful Islamist militia in Benghazi, said in an interview that the missiles, used by fighters to “hit airplanes” and known to the U.S. intelligence community as MANPADS (man-portable air-defense systems), were stolen along with 2,000 semiautomatic rifles and ammunition, as the militia withdrew from its base amid a firefight early Saturday.

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My Comment: This is ominous.

U.S. Official": Benghazi Consulate Was "Terrorist Attack"

U.S. Official Says Benghazi Consulate Was "Terrorist Attack" -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which four Americans died was a "terrorist attack" that may have had an al Qaeda connection, a top U.S. counterterrorism official told Congress on Wednesday.

Rocket-propelled grenades and mortars struck the consulate on September 11, the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States. U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died.

"They were killed in the course of a terrorist attack on our embassy," Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said in response to a question at a Senate hearing.

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Update: Obama official: Benghazi was a terrorist attack -- The Cable/Foreign Policy

My Comment: I guess in these subsequent meetings, US officials learned the facts.