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Since the fall of Qaddafi, the illegal gun trade in Libya has been booming - thanks in large part to social media - according to a new report.

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Photographer James Mollison managed to get a few shots of Technicals, real Mad Max-style armed combat trucks around Salah and Adel, near Ajdabiya, in Libya.

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Recent reports from the Middle East, as well as the UK, indicate that Facebook is being used by arms dealers across the region to sell a wide range of weapons to rebel, terrorist and paramilitary groups.

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The plaid and comfortable fleece was strong in images purporting to be U.S. military personnel on the ground briefly in Libya this week.

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While Libya has devolved into something just north of a Mad Max film, the Free Libyan Air Force still has at least one MiG-23 pilot who apparently has been cleared to buzz the tower.

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The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee found that the CIA and the military acted properly and that there was no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees in the 2012 attacks at a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the Associated Press reported.

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A man helped a young boy fire an RPG from what is believed to be a Libyan beach. The young boy aims the RPG in what appears to be a safe direction and unleashes the unguided ordnance into the ocean. Although the noise must have been deafening, the boy walks away seemingly unfazed. [ LiveLeak […]

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After the Libyan government failed to regain command of the ship, President Obama approved the daring operation and the SEAL team took the vessel without firing a shot.

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Video has been released of the U.S. Special Operations team that captured an al-Qaeda terrorist suspect during a pre-dawn mission in Libya in October 2013. Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, who is wanted in connection with the 1998 bombings of American embassies in East Africa that left more than 200 people dead, had just finished morning prayers […]

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Al-Qaeda leader, Abu Anas al-Libi, was captured at his home in Libya by Delta Force commandos after they circled his car, smashed his window and forced him into a black Mercedes. Al-Libi was returning home from his early morning prayers on Saturday when three vehicles swarmed his car, blocking its path and rendering it immobile. […]

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Goran Tomasevic is a 20-year veteran war-photographer, having covered conflict in countries including, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. Compelled to be in middle of the chaos, Tomasevic says he would be ashamed of himself if he stepped away from the danger, though, he admits to being as safe as possible while snapping his captivating […]

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Yesterday, the UN Security Council, in a measure called Resolution 1973, authorized a coalition of armed forces to proceed with a high-risk intervention to protect the rebel capital of Benghazi, including but not limited to military action and airstrikes targeting Libyan tanks and heavy artiller

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