Apparently the population of Benghazi isn’t very happy with the Ansar Al-Sharia militia right now.
Witnesses say supporters of Ansar al-Sharia lined up outside its headquarters, in front of the crowd, waving black and white banners.
They fired into the air to try to disperse the protesters, but fled with their weapons after the base was surrounded by waves of people shouting “no to militias”.
(Via World Affairs, via Instapundit) Three people were killed elsewhere: this seems to be also tied up with a general desire of Libyans to get rid of the militia groups in general. The military itself seems to be kind of split, with some elements of it assisting the mobs and some elements protecting select militia groups. And that’s about all that I really know about the situation itself. Not that I’m unhappy to see an Islamist terrorist group cut and run, of course. Continue reading Angry Libyan mobs assault… Islamist militia bases in Benghazi.