Militiamen blockaded the Foreign Ministry again, after pressing Congress to pass a law barring Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The militiamen now demand the removal of Prime Minister Zeidan. The Zeidan government has rejected allegations by Chad and Niger that Libya is harboring Islamist terrorists recently driven out of Mali. A top Libyan intelligence official stated that three new training camps for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb have sprung up in southern Libya in the past few weeks. Local sources claim that al Qaeda had also planned to attack the British Council in Tripoli immediately after bombing the French Embassy on April 23.
