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A campaign of bombings and death threats aimed at Libyan government targets is being blamed on armed Islamist extremists, including the citys most powerful militia, the Abu Slim Martyrs Brigade, whose ideology residents say is akin to al-Qaedas.
What is unfolding here may be the most extreme example of the confrontation underway across Libya, underscoring just how deeply the fundamentalists have sown their seeds in the security vacuum that has defined Libya since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi last September. . ."