Journalists returned from Libyan Government

I read an interesting story about some journalists who were captured while covering the situation in Libya. The four journalists were unharmed and did not appear to struggle during the captivity. This made me wonder if there were any incentives for the Libyan Government to detain these writers? The protests in Egypt demonstrated how important communications are in an international crisis. Therefore, the Libyan government may have believed that controlling the media flow from Libya by capturing journalists would prove to be beneficial for them.

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