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The US Embassy denied reports that it was attacked last night; US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns is visiting Tripoli. Jordan's ambassador to Libya is still being held hostage; he was kidnapped last week reportedly by a Libyan al Qaeda affiliate that is demanding the release of Mohamed Dersi, a Libyan serving a life term for plotting to blow up Jordan's main airport. In Benghazi, security forces seized two large shipping containers of smuggled ammunition, and raided a museum being used to store weapons and drugs. Islamist militants threw two male obstetricians out of a Tripoli hospital.