Gunfire rings through Benghazi pitting the army, backed by forces of a former army general, against Islamists.<br/> <br />At least 20 people were killed in the fighting.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FARAJ BARASI COMMANDER OF THE MILITARY REGIONAL LIBERATION OF BENGHAZI OPERATIONS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Now we finished combing and cleaning more than 70 percent of Benghazi. These areas are full of terrorists and we have them completely surrounded."<br/> <br />Libya plunged into anarchy when an armed faction from the western city of Misrata seized the capital Tripoli in August.<br/> <br />Since then Libya has had two governments and parliaments.<br/> <br />Western powers fear Libya may become a failed state, unable to rein in former rebels who have now turned their guns on each other.
