Libya a group of al-Qaida members arrested

The Libyan minister of the interior Naser al-Mabrouk said yesterday that the Libyan security forces arrested a group accused of belonging to al-Qaida organization.

The Libyan general security (interior) minister said that Libya "has put its hand on a group of countries in the Indian continent and central Asia suspected to be members in al-Qaida organization." He added "that preliminary investigations proved that the group numbering 11 has links to Osama Bin Laden, but the type of this relation is not clear yet because investigations are still continuous with the group by the security departments in Libya, and that within the coming days the nature of form of this relations and its objectives will be clear."

Al-Mabrouk explained that the "group entered the Libyan territories illegally and its members were arrested as soon as they entered." He did not define the area were the detention was made.

Meantime, It is expected that the European Union will remove today the embargo imposed on weapons shipment to Libya.