The Libyan Prime Minister Mr Ali Zeidan, has been kidnapped by armed men
from a hotel in the capital Tripoli,
this appears to be an action of revenge against the capture by American forces
of a wanted al-Qaeda-linked operative during last weekend. He was photographed being led away from
the Corinthia Hotel on the city's seaside during the early hours of this
morning.
As per the Officials he looked like not
Being harmed the confusion arose when
the officials said that they yet not know any reason why he was taken away and added that “two ‘revolutionary brigades’ are believed to
be behind this kidnapping of PM Ali Zeidan. – These two revolutionary brigades are ‘Operations
Room of Revolutionaries’ and the ‘Brigade for the Fight against Crime’.
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| Libiya Prime Minister Ali Zeidan |
Theoretically both the groups are under the control of the government and they
told the local reporters that Mr. Zeidan had been arrested for his alleged role
in bribery to the justice minister and the chief prosecutor of the country, A claim which both of them have denied.
One of them said that he has faced
charges of corruption and he is also breaching the state security, though the
other also referred to the statement given by John Kerry, the US secretary of
state, a few days ago that the Libyan authorities had been aware well in advance
of the American capture at the weekend of Abu Anas al-Libi, who is wanted for
trial in New York.
The staff of the hotel,
where he had been living because of persistent threats, said that the militias
had arrived to ‘arrest’ the prime minister Mr Zeidan and that there had been no trouble taking him
out of the hotel. A photograph apparently presented by the militias themselves have
posted on the Al-Arabiya website showed a confused Mr Zeidan, without his
Trademark spectacles, in what appeared to be in his nightclothes.
No further details have been collected since last two hours now.
