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U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuates personnel
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
updated 8:27 AM EDT, Sat July 26, 2014
(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of heavy militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.
About 150 personnel, including 80 U.S. Marines were evacuated from the embassy in the early hours of Saturday morning and were driven across the border into Tunisia, U.S. officials confirm to CNN.
CNN has learned the plan to evacuate the Americans was in the works for several days, but the decision to carry out the plan was made just in the last few days as the security situation around the embassy deteriorated...
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/26/world/africa/libya-us-embassy-evacuation/index.html
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
updated 8:27 AM EDT, Sat July 26, 2014
(CNN) -- The U.S. Embassy in Libya evacuated its personnel on Saturday because of heavy militia violence in the capital, Tripoli, U.S. officials said.
About 150 personnel, including 80 U.S. Marines were evacuated from the embassy in the early hours of Saturday morning and were driven across the border into Tunisia, U.S. officials confirm to CNN.
CNN has learned the plan to evacuate the Americans was in the works for several days, but the decision to carry out the plan was made just in the last few days as the security situation around the embassy deteriorated...
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/26/world/africa/libya-us-embassy-evacuation/index.html
