Pro-democracy protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi

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Budding democracy, following the overthrow of a tyrant, is hard. They are trying. That's cool. They still don't understand the idea of legal dissent, obviously, but our democracy wasn't pretty in the beginning, either.

Oh - guess this helps put to rest the "all Muslims hate the US" crap we hear repeated. Combined with all the Muslim Libyans that tried to save Ambassador Steven's life, and the lives of his staff (30+ were saved from the consulate)

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Pro-democracy protesters overtake Islamist group's HQ in Benghazi

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Ten days after four Americans were killed in their Libyan city, hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators marched in Benghazi and overtook the headquarters of a radical Islamist group tied to the attack.

The protesters took to the street Friday, loudly declaring that they -- and not those behind last week's deadly attack -- represent the real sentiments of the Libyan people.

As militia members fled, the protesters torched a vehicle and took over the headquarters of Ansar al-Sharia without firing a single shot. They also claimed to have freed at least 20 captives held in the building.

On the night of September 11, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens was one of four slain after a group assaulted the U.S. Consulate in the eastern Libyan city. Seen as the birthplace of the revolution that led to the death of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Benghazi has in recent months been beset by security issues.

More at: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/21/world/...unter-protest/

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Meanwhile, for those paying attention to all of the Middle East, and realize that not all Muslims are anti-American or militant Islamists:

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/0...8KM1RQ20120922

UPDATE 4-Libyan Islamist militia swept out of Benghazi bases

BENGHAZI, Libya, Sept 22 (Reuters) - An Islamist militia was driven out of the city of Benghazi early on Saturday in a surge of anger against the armed groups that control large parts of Libya more than a year after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

A spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia, which some U.S. and Libya officials blame for the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, said it had evacuated its bases "to preserve security in the city".

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