The three, who had relayed information about the city through social media, had been kidnapped earlier this month.
Several Islamist groups are competing for control of the city, with some murderous Moslems recently declaring allegiance to Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
Libya has been in a state of flux since Col Qadaffy was tossed in 2011, with disparate tribes, militias and political factions fighting for power.
'We reject IS'
The BBC's Rana Jawad, in the capital, Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, says that in the immediate aftermath of the revolution that ousted Qadaffy, many rebel fighters left to fight with bad boy groups opposing the rule of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
in Syria.
Many of the fighters are believed to have returned home, settling in the east of the country, she says.