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Libyan warplanes strike Islamist militias in Benghazi - witness


    BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - Libyan warplanes bombed Islamist militia bases in Benghazi on Wednesday as part of a self-declared campaign by a renegade former general to purge the North African country of extremists.

    A Reuters witness and an air force official in Benghazi said two jets bombed a base belonging to the February 17th Brigade, one of the Islamist-leaning armed groups operating in the eastern city.

    (Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli in Benghazi and Ahmed Elumami in Tripoli; writing by Patrick Markey)