Islamist militia withdraws from Benghazi base - witnesses

BENGHAZI, Libya, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Libyan Ansar al-Sharia

militia was swept from its final major military base in Benghazi

in the early hours of Saturday after a mass popular uprising in

support of the government, Reuters witnesses said.

Looters were carrying weapons out of the vacated compound,

abandoned by fighters who left the heavily armed base.

(Reporting by Peter Graff; Editing by Eric Walsh)