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| Britons urged to leave Libyan city of Benghazi over 'threat' | Britons urged to leave Libyan city of Benghazi over 'threat' |
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| British nationals should leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately "in response to a specific threat to Westerners", the Foreign Office says. | British nationals should leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately "in response to a specific threat to Westerners", the Foreign Office says. |
| It said the British Embassy in Tripoli had been in contact with British nationals whose details it had. | |
| It said it could not comment further on the nature of the threat, but said href="http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/middle-east-north-africa/libya" >there was new travel advice for Libya. | |
| The Foreign Office has been advising against travel to Benghazi and most parts of Libya since September. | |
| BBC world affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley said that after the recent French military intervention in Mali there was the possibility of retaliatory attacks against Western interests. | |
| On 11 September, US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died during an attack on the consulate in Benghazi. | |
| The ambassador died of smoke inhalation when he was trapped in the burning building, after armed men had stormed the compound. |