Islamic State in Libya fights to emulate Iraq, Syria success

By Patrick Markey and Ahmed Elumami MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the Tripoli prison just before sunrise. Blasting though a wall, four fighters worked their way through the heavily guarded compound before firing a rocket-propelled grenade to breach the cells inside. Their target, security sources say, was a jailed Libyan Islamic State militant. Clashes erupted. ..