Agence France-Presse
December 28, 2013
Libya releases four US detained military personnel
WASHINGTON: Four US military personnel have been freed after a brief detention by the Libyan government, a US official said late on Friday.
The four were released just two hours after the US State Department announced their detention, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Neither the State Department nor the Pentagon gave any further information on the case. The New York Times, citing unnamed US officials, said the military staff were attached to the security team at the US embassy in Tripoli and may have been scouting escape routes for possible future use by diplomats.
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The Pentagon also said that the US military were prepared to train between 5,000 and 8,000 Libyan army troops at a base in Bulgaria. There were also plans to train a separate counter-terrorism unit, said Admiral William McRaven, commander of US Special Operations Command.
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