Libyan
Prime Minister kidnapped at gun point from hotel...
A country where even the prime minister is not safe from
kidnapping. Choi. Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped in the early
hours of this morning from the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli by suspected former
rebels who even took a pic of them with him and shared it online (inset).
Mr Zeidan, who became Prime Minister just eleven months ago
after living in exile for many years, was seized in what is believed to be
retaliation for the capture by American forces of a wanted al-Qaeda-linked
operative at the weekend, BBC reports.
"The head of the transitional government, Ali Zeidan, was
taken to an unknown destination for unknown reasons," a government
statement posted on the prime minister's Facebook site said.
Officials said that two "revolutionary brigades" were
responsible for the kidnap - the "Operations Room of Revolutionaries"
and the "Brigade for the Fight against Crime". His current whereabout
is unknown.
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