Gaddafi loyalists say capture 17 foreign mercenaries

BENGHAZI/BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) – Fugitive ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists said on Monday they had captured 17 mercenaries — some British and French — in what would amount to a sharp setback for the country’s new rulers and their international backers. An anti-Gaddafi fighter tears a picture of Gaddafi in a school as he searches for Gaddafi loyalists in a village near Sirte, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last remaining strongholds, September 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic) The claim by Gaddafi spokesman Moussa Ibrahim could not be verified but comes at a time when the new authorities are facing stark reversals on the battlefield and in the political arena. One month…

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Gaddafi loyalists say capture 17 foreign mercenaries

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