Holmes: Yes, my dear fellow. Consider this attack and others to come as Karma taking a big bite from the fat butts of the Arabs. Now, quiet please Watson ... I want to sit back, puff on my pipe and watch the fun.
Ghaith Shennib and Marie-Louise Gumuchian of Reuters via YahooNews:
Unidentified assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the United Arab Emirates embassy compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on foreign targets in the North African country.
Security sources said the attackers drove up to the compound, which houses both the embassy and ambassador's residence, in the Siahia neighbourhood in Western Tripoli before fleeing immediately.
Residents in the area said it was the ambassador's residence which was hit the early morning assault. He was believed to be out of the country, and no injuries were reported.
There has been a spate of bombings in recent months in Libya which have mainly targeted Western diplomats and missions, though the Tunisian consulate has also been attacked.
"I heard a loud explosion so I went outside. I then saw a hole in the building," resident Khaled al-Zintani said.
A Reuters reporter on the scene saw a hole high up on the front wall of the building. A police car blocked the road........
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