“Libya’s government has insisted it is still in control of the worsening security situation, even as an al-Qaeda-inspired group vowed to fight troops loyal to a renegade general behind an attack on the country’s parliament.
Gunmen launched an attack on the parliament in the capital Tripoli on Sunday and demanded its suspension and an airport in the Eastern city of Benghazi came under rocket attack early on Monday.
Later on Monday the al-Qaeda-inspired Lions of Monotheism Group said it would fight forces apparently loyal to a renegade Libyan general, Khalifa Hifter, after they attacked parliament and suspended its activities.”* The Young Turks hosts Ben Mankiewicz and John Iadarola break it down.
*Read more here from Al Jazeera:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/05/armed-group-attacks-libyan-parliament-201451935057455872.html