RAF Hercules planes rescue 150 from Libya desert

bbc.co.uk

“Two RAF Hercules have rescued about 150 workers from the Libyan desert, Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said.

The planes, carrying Britons and other foreign nationals, have reached Malta.
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BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said the “extremely complex” operation took days to plan.

It involved the use of SAS and SBS special forces and planners had to ascertain whether Libya’s air defences were operation, Mr Gardner said.

He said: “It was not just oil workers in one camp. They had to deal with several different locations and a number of heavily armed people.”“