Prime Minister Zeidan denied rumors that “foreign troops” in 1,500 vehicles were heading to Brega and the south. Libya plans to send hundreds of soldiers, including former revolutionaries, to Turkey, Italy, and the UK for military training. Masked gunmen assassinated Benghazi’s top bomb-disposal expert on Aug. 23. The spokesman for Benghazi’s Joint Security Room said he thought the long string of assassinations in Benghazi was made up of just “random incidents.”