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No.10 hangs Hague out to dry over SAS humiliation in the desert

Last updated at 1:07 AM on 8th March 2011


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- Cameron's aides try to distance PM from special forces fiasco
- Foreign Secretary 'accepts responsibility' but passes buck to generals
- Rebels still hold key towns despite Gaddafi's boasts

The SAS’s humiliation in Libya triggered civil war in government yesterday as a blame game erupted between Downing Street, the Foreign Office and the military.

Embattled Foreign Secretary William Hague was accused of ‘serial bungling’ after the Special Forces and an MI6 spy were captured and detained by a bunch of Libyan farmhands.

Mr Hague, who signed the final order, accepted ‘full responsibility’ for the debacle but he refused to accept the blame.


a rebel fighter points his machine gun at attack aircraft loyal to Colonel Gaddafi. Rebel leaders accused the government of only being interested in their country's oil wealth.


'Serious misunderstanding': a rebel tank in Ras Lanuf. Foreign Secretary William Hague accepted full responsibility for the bungled mission to meet rebels. But he also blamed generals who gave him 'advice'

He passed the buck to Armed Forces chiefs, saying they decided to send the heavily-armed team into rebel held territory by helicopter in the dead of night.

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Fighting continues: a Gaddafi bomber strikes a road filled with rebels near Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya


'Massacre': Gaddafi's forces are accused of killing civilians in a Zawiyah hospital. Rebels are show atop an armoured personnel carrier


Not abiding by the rules of war: doctors who treat both Gaddafi forces and rebels, above, say they are being targeted by government forces


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