Thanks Marcase for the heads up and the article. Via The Independent.
The British government has acted forcefully to secure its citizens in the wake of violence in a war torn country, the same cannot be said for the US.British special forces last night mounted a daring rescue of 150 civilians trapped in the Libyan desert.As the security situation deteriorated, SAS troops were deployed to evacuate oil workers from several isolated desert camps south of Benghazi.One senior source said: "It had been planned for a few days, covering an area four and half times the size of the UK." Landing strips near remote oilfields had to be secured, with stranded civilians collected from several sites. The rescue was ordered by David Cameron, who chaired a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee yesterday morning.
