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United Nations Says Explosive Devices Kill 138 in Libya

Heather Murdock

   ISTANBUL - In a video posted widely in early June, a man sits on the
   ground with blood on his face and one leg splayed to the side.

   "Where am I?" he asks in Libyan Arabic, and the man holding the camera
   tells him he's on the Airport Road in Tripoli. His car hit an IED
   (improvised explosive device) and his companion was killed.

   The United Nations says explosive devices planted in Libyan battle
   zones have left 138 people dead since the end of May and most of the
   victims were civilians. And while fighting in Libya has quieted in the
   past month, analysts say massive buildups of weaponry on both sides
   from international supporters could portend the outbreak of a
   full-blown proxy war.

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