The top security official in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi survives a car bomb attack Monday -- but the attack killed one of his guards.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GUARD, JUMAA SALEH, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We were accompanying the military commander Abdullah al-Suayti and heading towards the military court with him when a car crossed onto our side of incoming traffic and attacked Mr. Abdullah and his guards. The driver left the car before the blast and a guard was martyred."<br/> <br />The attack is the latest in a spate of bomb attacks and assassinations in the city.<br/> <br />In the past few days, more than a dozen people have died in Libya's capital city Tripoli as fighting erupted between militias and protesters.<br/> <br />The militias blamed for the worst unrest in Tripoli since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi -- began pulling out of the capital Monday as Libyan army units moved in.<br/> <br />The withdrawal of the militias may ease tensions temporarily. But Libya's armed forces are still no match for the