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FILE - The artist sketch depicts Assistant U.S. Attorney Erik Kenerson, front left, watching as Whitney Minter, a public defender from the eastern division of Virginia, stands to represent Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, in federal court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, as Magistrate Judge Robin Meriweather listens. Libyan officials say a powerful militia was involved in the clandestine detention and questioning of a suspect in the 1988 downing of a New York-bound PanAm flight over Lockerbie, Scotland. The alleged bombmaker involved in the attack, Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, was eventually extradited to the United States earlier this month, under orders from one of two rival governments running Libya. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)

Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to U.S.

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Defense Misrata brigade fighter Abdallah Karim watches for jihadi militants amid the destruction of his city. "I don't care," he says. "I just want the Islamic State men to be dead." (Mathieu Galtier/Special to the Washington Times)

Libya braces for chaos as ISIS retreats

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FILE - In this Friday, March 18, 2011 file photo, then Libyan senior Rebel commander Khalifa Hifter leaves a press conference in the court house in the center of Benghazi, eastern Libya. Libya's army chief ordered the deployment of Islamist-led militias to the capital Tripoli on Monday, May 19, 2014 in response to the storming of parliament by forces loyal to a renegade general, paving the way for a possible showdown between rival militia fighters. The revolt by Gen. Khalifa Hifter threatens to detonate the long volatile divisions among the multiple militias that dominate Libya amid the weakness of the central government and military. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

General’s revolt threatens to new fight in Libya

By ESAM MOHAMED and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

LIBERATING LIBYA: Libyans in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, celebrate the capture in Tripoli of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi. The Hague-based International Criminal court wants him extradited to stand trial. (Associated Press)

Gadhafi’s fate in question; sons detained

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

2 blasts heard outside Libyan capital

By Maggie Michael and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press