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  • SAS poised to rescue British oil workers stranded in Libyan desert ( as many as 500 stranded )

    02/25/2011 12:50:03 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 31 replies
    Guardian (UK) ^ | Friday 25 February 2011 20.22 GMT | Richard Norton-Taylor and Matthew Taylor
    Estimated 150 Britons still trapped in remote areas as armed forces on standby in Malta plan to extricate them SAS troops, with a unit of paras in support, are poised to help an estimated 150 British oil company workers stranded in isolated parts of the Libyan desert.They were believed to be on standby in Malta ready to extricate the British nationals as the frigate HMS Cumberland prepared to arrive at the Mediterranean island with 200 Britons on board. The frigate HMS York was ordered to head east for the Libyan coast, though the captain had not yet been instructed with...