Netherlands Makes A Diplomatic Push To Free Their Naval Aviators



Libya TV Shows Captured Dutch Navy Helicopter Crew -- BBC

A Dutch navy helicopter crew have been shown on Libyan state TV after being captured while attempting to evacuate two foreign citizens.

The TV showed the three-strong crew, their Lynx helicopter and weapons, saying they had entered Libyan air space "in breach of international law".

Dutch officials say the helicopter was captured on Sunday near Sirte while trying to fly out two Europeans.

Talks are under way to free the crew, who are two men and one woman.

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More News On The Netherlands Trying To Gain the Release of Their Navy Crew

Captured Dutch marines, seized helicopter shown on state TV -- L.A. Times
Captured Dutch helicopter crew shown on Libyan state TV -- IBTimes
Netherlands Makes Diplomatic Push to Free Troops in Libya -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Dutch trying to secure soldiers' release -- ABC News (Australia)
Libya: Dutch troops remain detained -- News24
Qaddafi Forces Capture 3 Dutch Aviators -- New York Times
Gaddafi's forces capture Dutch marines on rescue mission -- The Guardian
3 Dutch military personnel held by Kadafi loyalists in Libya -- L.A. Times

My Comment: A civil war is breaking out in the country, and the Libyan government .... or what is left of it .... has other priorities that are more important to them than the freedom of 3 Dutch naval aviators who (maybe) should not have been in the country.

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