The anti-American insurgency in Iraq, and to a lesser extent in Afghanistan, was characterized by jihadist militants attempting to prevent the US from training Iraqi and Afghani security forces. This was done by bombing police and army recruitment and training centers. This tactic has just been used in Libya to devastating effect, revealing the extent to which the fight against the central government in Libya is being waged by members of the global jihad who are only capitalizing on the chaotic local conditions. Read more from Reuters here.
A car bomb exploded outside a Libyan army base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding others, hospital sources and a security official said.A hospital official in Benghazi said the five were killed when the bomb exploded as people were leaving a graduation ceremony for officers in the army.