Three Years After Gadhafi's Death, Libya Slides Into Civil War As Death Toll Rises In Benghazi - 0 views
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sliding further and further into all-out civil war, with pro-government forces battling Islamist militias for power in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the revolution that ousted Gadhafi started in 2011.
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renegade army general Khalifa Hifter, the man who has assembled a militia of former Libyan soldiers and is leading them on a campaign to oust Islamists from the country.
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He is now at the head of a militia that supports moderate values against radical Islam in a campaign called "Operation Dignity."
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