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Former rebels have freed Libya's prime minister after holding him for several hours in reprisal for the capture by US forces at the weekend of a Libyan al-Qaeda suspect in Tripoli.
According to ALJAZEERA, after his release, Ali Zeidan tweeted "I am fine, thank God"
"If the aim of the kidnapping operation was for me to present my resignation, then I won't resign"
"We are taking small steps, but in the right direction".
The rebel group, Libya Revolutionaries Operations Room, which had been hired by the government to provide security in Tripoli, said it "arrested" Zeidan after US Secretary of State John Kerry said Libya had a role in the weekend capture in the city of Abu Anas al-Liby.
BBC news reported that the justice ministry denied this.
Before his release, an official in the Interior Ministry anti-crime department told the state news agency that Zeidan, a former diplomat and exile opposition activist against Gaddafi, was being held there and was being treated well.
The Libyan government in a statement confirmed the prime minister was taken at dawn to "an unknown place for unknown reasons".
