Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: In Libia sempre meglio

Arrestati due giornalisti inglesi.
 
 
TRIPOLI, March 4 (Reuters) - Two British journalists working for Iran's 
Press TV who were detained late last month in Libya are suspected of being 
spies, the head of the militia which is holding them said on Sunday.
 
Faraj al-Swehli, commander of the Swehli brigade, said his men had found 
among the journalists' possessions official Libyan documents, equipment used 
by the Israeli military and footage of them firing weapons.
 
"We believe they are spies," Swehli said in Tripoli. He said it was too 
early to say what country they were spying for, but that this would be 
established by their investigation.
 
"After we have finished the investigation we are going to transfer them to 
the state authorities to pursue the legal process against them."
 
The two have been named as Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson. 
They were arrested on Feb. 22 in Misrata, about 200 km (130 miles) east of 
the capital. They are now being held in a Swehli brigade base in central 
Tripoli.
 
The commander, speaking at a news conference where he was flanked by 
subordinates in camouflage uniforms and sports shoes, said the two did not 
have Libyan entry visas in their passports.
 
He showed a grey plastic packet containing a field dressing with the words 
"Made in Israel," on it, which he said had been found on the two 
journalists. "These are used by the Israeli military," said Swehli.
 
He said the two had in their possession Libyan documents listing members of 
a Tripoli militia killed in a clash with a rival group late last year, and 
lists of sub-Saharan African mercenaries who fought alongside the forces of 
ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.
 
 
POSING WITH GUNS
 
Swehli showed the news conference images he said had been recovered from the 
two Britons where they could be seen test-firing a gun.
 
"Is this a picture of a journalist?" asked Suleiman al-Fortia, an official 
from Misrata who sat alongside Swehli, as he pointed to the images.
 
Fortia said investigators had also found pornography on the Britons' 
laptops, but that it could not be shown for reasons of decency.
 
Other footage appeared to show the journalists late at night in Tripoli's 
Algiers Square, dancing to Western pop music coming from a car's sound 
system.
 
Much of the evidence unveiled on Sunday could apply to many of the foreign 
journalists who covered Libya's chaotic conflict.
 
Reporters routinely entered the country without going through normal border 
procedures, collected documents found on the battlefield, and took pictures 
of themselves posing with weapons to keep as mementos.
 
The militia holding the two Britons is one of dozens in Libya which helped 
topple Gaddafi but are now operating beyond the control of the new national 
authorities. They are resisting government requests for them to disarm .
 
Swehli, the militia commander, said the two men were being well treated, and 
that they had been visited in detention by British consular officials and 
representatives from New York-based Human Rights Watch.
 
"I did not hit the prisoners and I am ready to stand before a court if there 
is any evidence against me," said Swehli.
 
A spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office, asked to comment on the spying 
accusations, said: "We are aware that two British nationals have been 
arrested in Libya. We are providing consular assistance."
 
Press TV is based in Tehran and broadcasts around the world in English. It 
often employs journalists from English-speaking countries. The company could 
not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday. (Additional reporting by 
Clare Kane in London; Editing by Giles Elgood)
 
 

 spies, the head of the militia which is holding them said on Sunday.
 
 
Leggi questa:
http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/topnews/2012/03/06/visualizza_new.html_128185367.html
 
 
Un gruppo di miliziani (non so quanto rappresentativi) hanno sancito
l'indipendenza dell'EST (citando il titolo)
 
Ciao!
 
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Uno spettacolo, veramente.
 
Tra non molto avremo nuovamente i pirati nel mediterraneo.
 
Con i britt che fan finta di corrergli dietro.
Siamo tornati all 800 in pochi anni.