Ambassador to Libya Withdrawn Over Report
From Times Wire Reports
Saudi Arabia announced that it was withdrawing its ambassador to Libya and ordered out Libya’s envoy in response to reports that Tripoli had plotted to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.
In Tripoli, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said the charge was false and that it would ask the Arab League to investigate.
The alleged plot was outlined by U.S. investigators in their case against a prominent American Muslim activist sentenced earlier this year to 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.
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