Islamist Militia 'Seize' U.S. Embassy Compound In Libya And Post Video Online Of Triumphant Gunmen Leaping Into The POOL While Giving Tours Around The Evacuated Residents Quarters -- Daily Mail
* Footage reportedly taken inside the compound shows men gathered around the embassy villa's swimming pool, with some even jumping in
* An official claims the compound is being 'safeguarded' and was not 'ransacked'
* The compound has been unoccupied since July 26 when U.S. diplomats evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort
* It comes near the two-year anniversary of the death of US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi
Islamist militiamen stormed the residential annex of America's embassy in Tripoli on Sunday then took the time to give curious journalists in the Libyan capital a tour.
The group has taken up residence in the annex just over a month after diplomats fled to Tunisia over fears of mounting violence in the North African nation in recent months.
An Associated Press journalist walked through the U.S. Embassy compound Sunday after the Dawn of Libya, an umbrella group for Islamist militias, invited onlookers inside.
Windows at the compound had been broken, but it appeared most of the equipment there remained untouched.
A commander for the Dawn of Libya group said his forces had entered and been in control of the compound since last week and are there to protect the compound from looters.
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Update #1: Islamist militia now guards US Embassy in Libya -- AP
Update #2: Libyan Armed Faction Takes Over U.S. Embassy Annex In Tripoli -- Reuters
My Comment: I have a feeling that communiques have already been sent to the U.S. State Department from this militia .... and they are promising that they will guard the abandoned U.S. embassy .... but for a price.
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