by Roy Klopper
AMSTERDAM - Dutch Colonel Gaddafi holds three Aircrew of the navy, their Lynx helicopter and a citizen of our country caught. They fell into the hands of his troops after a failed liberation in the Libyan city of Sirte.
That the Ministry of Defence confirmed Wednesday night against The Times. The departments of Defense and Foreign Affairs is currently consulting feverishly with the Libyan authorities on the release of the detained two-man and one female helicopter Aircrew. Their families in the Netherlands has been informed of the tragic developments.
The two evacuees that the soldiers from the desert came to pick up a Dutchman and a European whose nationality is not disclosed, are now by the Libyan authorities safely delivered to the Dutch embassy in Tripoli, reports dDefensie-spokesman Otte Beeksma. From here they safely leave the country yesterday.
The trio, the three Dutch Naval Aircrew left Sunday at the end of the day with the helicopter aboard the frigate Hr. Ms. Tromp. This warship of the Royal Netherlands Navy was two days earlier for the Libyan coast arrived. The trio was in Sirte, about 450 km east of the capital Tripoli, a Dutch citizen who pick up by the riot-stricken Arab country wanted to leave
AMSTERDAM - Dutch Colonel Gaddafi holds three Aircrew of the navy, their Lynx helicopter and a citizen of our country caught. They fell into the hands of his troops after a failed liberation in the Libyan city of Sirte.
That the Ministry of Defence confirmed Wednesday night against The Times. The departments of Defense and Foreign Affairs is currently consulting feverishly with the Libyan authorities on the release of the detained two-man and one female helicopter Aircrew. Their families in the Netherlands has been informed of the tragic developments.
The two evacuees that the soldiers from the desert came to pick up a Dutchman and a European whose nationality is not disclosed, are now by the Libyan authorities safely delivered to the Dutch embassy in Tripoli, reports dDefensie-spokesman Otte Beeksma. From here they safely leave the country yesterday.
The trio, the three Dutch Naval Aircrew left Sunday at the end of the day with the helicopter aboard the frigate Hr. Ms. Tromp. This warship of the Royal Netherlands Navy was two days earlier for the Libyan coast arrived. The trio was in Sirte, about 450 km east of the capital Tripoli, a Dutch citizen who pick up by the riot-stricken Arab country wanted to leave
