Journalists Held in Libya over Welsh-Hebrew Mix-Up

(Independent-UK) Rob Hastings - Two British journalists who were detained in Libya for three weeks have revealed they were held because their captors confused a passage of Welsh written on their medical supplies for Hebrew, leading to suspicions they were spying for Israel. Ironically, the two were working for Press TV, the state broadcaster for Israel's sworn enemy, Iran.


2012-03-27 00:00:00

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