Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The Prime Minister of libya was kidnapped this morning by a group of libyan rebels. The Libyan Government says Prime Minister ali zaidan was kidnapped from the Tripoli Hotel where he lives. The kidnapping appears to be tied to a u. S. Raid in libya over the weekend. Mark phillips is following the story from london. Good morning, mark. Good morning, annemarie. This is libya and we should separate what we think are the raw facts from the usual political things going on now. The fact is the Prime Minister ali zye damp dan zaidan, take a word, was abducted, kidnapped, snatched, you choose, from the hotel in tripoli where he lives. Now, who did it, one of the militias, socalled Security Network that ousted colonel gadhafi. Why did they do it . One theory is its blaming the plucking of al libi last week. Secretary of state john kerry says Libyan Government knew of the operation and the theory is in this postgadhafi libyan politics this is politics as
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