HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Libyan diplomats who defected to their country's rebel-led National Transitional Council are leaving Zimbabwe on orders from the government.
Zimbabwe had close relations with Moammar Gadhafi and has not recognized the rebels. The southern African country said it was expelling the Libyans and gave them a 72-hour deadline that expires Thursday.
Reporters followed Ambassador Taher al-Megrahi from his suburban residence to the downtown embassy that has been shut for weeks. An interpreter said he and other Libyans were leaving the country later Thursday.
They are believed to be the first Libyan diplomats to be deported for defecting.
Zimbabwean officials acted after al-Megrahi led Libyan protesters who tore down and burned the old Libyan flag outside the embassy and hoisted the rebel tricolor
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