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March 11, 2011

Libya frees Dutch Marines

By Harry Papachristou, Reuters

Libya frees Dutch Marines

A C-130 Greek airforce plane carrying three released Dutch marines and 15 Greek nationals lands in Athens, March 11, 2011.

From Harry Papachristou, Reuters:  The Libyan government has released three Dutch marines and they will be evacuated aboard a Greek military plane, the Greek Foreign Ministry said Friday. …

The marines were arrested last week while trying to evacuate European citizens. Their release was announced Thursday by the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam. …

"We told them, don’t come back again without our permission. We captured the first NATO soldiers, we are sending them back home. But we are still keeping their helicopter [he told Reuters]."  (photo: Getty)

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