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| Armed men have kidnapped the Libyan prime minister, Ali Zeidan, from the hotel in Tripoli where he lives, according to reports. | |
| Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia quoted Libyan security sources as saying that Zeidan was seized from a hotel where he was staying in the Libyan capital and taken to an unknown destination. Dubai-based al-Arabiya carried a similar report. | Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia quoted Libyan security sources as saying that Zeidan was seized from a hotel where he was staying in the Libyan capital and taken to an unknown destination. Dubai-based al-Arabiya carried a similar report. |
| According to CNN, armed rebels escorted Zeidan from the Corinthian Hotel in Tripol and took him away in a car. The news service quoted a hotel clerk as saying there was no gunfire and the gunmen "caused no trouble". | According to CNN, armed rebels escorted Zeidan from the Corinthian Hotel in Tripol and took him away in a car. The news service quoted a hotel clerk as saying there was no gunfire and the gunmen "caused no trouble". |
| Zeidan's office initially denied the abduction on Facebook but later stated the denial was made at the order of the kidnappers. | Zeidan's office initially denied the abduction on Facebook but later stated the denial was made at the order of the kidnappers. |
| "The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons," the government said on its website, attributing the kidnapping to a group of men believed to be former rebels. | |
| The abduction early Thursday comes amid anger among Libya's powerful Islamic militant groups over the US special forces raid on Saturday that seized a Libyan al-Qaida suspect known as Abu Anas al-Libi. Several groups accused the government of colluding in or allowing the raid, though the government denied having any prior knowledge of the operation. | |
| Hours before the abduction Zeidan had met with al-Libi's family, the Associated Press said. | |
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