Four US military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint, detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, a US official has said.
No one was injured. The military personnel were taken to the US embassy after their release, a Defence Department official said.

The four were supporting US Marines protecting the embassy, the official said. It is likely they were US special operations forces, which have been deployed to Libya.

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