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December 28, 2013

Libya briefly holds four US military personnel
Washington (AFP) Dec 28, 2013
Four US military personnel have been freed after a brief detention by the Libyan government, the US State Department said Saturday. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who hours earlier announced that the Americans had been detained, did not say why they were held. "All four US military personnel being held in Libyan government custody have been released," Psaki said in a brief statement just after midnight Friday. "We are still trying to ascertain the facts of the incident." Accordi ... read more

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