Atlantic Journo Detained in Libya

Clare Morgana Gillis, a writer for the Atlantic who has covered Libya extensively during the country’s civil war, has been detained by Qaddafi forces along with three other journalists.

Libyan rebels who witnessed the capture told the NYT that the journalists’ car was stopped at an intersection on Tuesday. They were taken into custody, their driver was let go, and the car was destroyed with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Traveling with Gillis were James Foley, a freelance contributor to GlobalPost.com,

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