MO Midden-Oosten
Bespreek hier de actuele situatie omtrent het Midden-Oosten.
Volgens de berichten Brega nu ook bevrijdt en op naar Sirte
LibyaNewMedia @ChangeInLibya Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action.
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
LibyaNewMedia @ChangeInLibya Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action.
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
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ChangeInLibya\
If you're wondering why Gaddafi's soldiers are fleeing and leaving their tanks/APCs - there's a BIG SHORTAGE OF FUEL & ammo\
If you're wondering why Gaddafi's soldiers are fleeing and leaving their tanks/APCs - there's a BIG SHORTAGE OF FUEL & ammo\
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
quote:Khamis Gaddafi, 27, spent four weeks in the US as part of an internship with AECOM, a global infrastructure company with deep business interests in Libya, according to Paul Gennaro, AECOM's Senior Vice President for Global Communications.
His US trip was to include visits to the Port of Houston, Air Force Academy, National War College and West Point, Mr Gennaro said.
The West Point visit was cancelled on Feb 17, when the trip was cut short and Gaddafi returned to Libya, Mr Gennaro said. The uprising in Libya began with a series of protests on Feb 15.
By late February, forces controlled by Khamis Gadhafi were leading the brutal assault to retake Zawiya, a city near Tripoli that rebels captured soon after the uprising began.
Reports suggested that Khamis Gaddafi may have been killed earlier this week after a disaffected Libyan air force pilot crash-landed his jet in the ruling family's headquarters. There has been no confirmation of his death.
Mr Gennaro said the US state department approved of the trip, and considered Khamis Gaddafi a reformer. He said the government signed off on the itinerary, at times offering advice that affected the company's plans for Gaddafi.
State department officials denied any role in planning, advising or paying for the trip.
"We did greet him at the airport. That is standard courtesy for the son of the leader of a country," said Mark Toner, state department spokesman. Mr Toner said the government was aware of Gaddafi's itinerary, but "did not sign off on it."
AECOM was not paid to arrange the trip, and did not pay for related expenses, Mr Gennaro said. He said the trip was arranged at the request of a Libyan, whom he declined to name.
Mr Gennaro was one of the AECOM executives who met with Gaddafi during the trip, to educate him on American corporate practices.
He said Gaddafi was "very, very interested in the planning, design, how do you advance large infrastructure projects."
"That was the nature and the tenor of this internship," he said.
Gaddafi, Moammar Gaddafi's youngest son, was pursuing an MBA at the IE Business School, in Madrid, Spain, until earlier this month. The school expelled him because of his role in attacks on Libyan protesters.
Khamis Gadhafi led the Khamis Brigade, one of several professional military units that are loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi.
US diplomats in leaked memos have called it "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military."
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
laat zien hoe snel en onverwacht alle ontwikkelingen gaanquote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:09 schreef yavanna het volgende:
Khamis Gaddafi toured US military facilities weeks before Libya crisis
A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured US ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on rebels protesting his father's authoritarian regime.
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Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri
-Rabia Al-Basri
Hij was ook begonnen aan een studie in Madrid vorig jaar. En die andere zoon die in München studeerde schijnt in Parijs te zitten. Het zijn allemaal wolven in schaapskleren.quote:
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laat zien hoe snel en onverwacht alle ontwikkelingen gaan
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Ow ja, Brega is de volgende stad op weg naar Tripoli.quote:
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
vraag me af of K nog wat zware materiaal heeft liggen in Brega of dat alles richting bengazi was gegaanquote:
ShababLibya
Reports say that freedom fighters are 15 km away from the town of Brega. \
Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri
-Rabia Al-Basri
Volgens eerdere berichten zijn ze al voorbij Brega en op weg naar Sirte. Maar aangezien daar nog veel pro's zitten moet dat wat onopvallender.
Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
Any advance towards Sirte must be coordinated with silent revolutionaries within the city. Simultaneous action
Freedom: In Ajdabiya and Brega, citizens living in fear for over 2 weeks are OPENING THEIR HOMES AND WELCOMING REVOLUTIONARIES #libya #feb17
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Is er ook een up-to date kaartje welke weergeeft welke steden op dit moment in handen zijn van de rebellen?
French soldiers are winched down from a helicopter next to an E2C-Hawkeye airborne early warning and control plane on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during the international military operations in Libya
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Actueel kaartje:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Uprising.svg
Groen = Kadhafi
Bruin = Oppositie
Blauw = Onduidelijk/gevechten gaande
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Uprising.svg
Groen = Kadhafi
Bruin = Oppositie
Blauw = Onduidelijk/gevechten gaande
feb17libya
Watch the Video of Eman Al-Obeidi being taken away in the hotel as a brave journalists tries to protect her http://bit.ly/eIchsj
[ Bericht 99% gewijzigd door yavanna op 26-03-2011 15:33:36 ]
Watch the Video of Eman Al-Obeidi being taken away in the hotel as a brave journalists tries to protect her http://bit.ly/eIchsj
[ Bericht 99% gewijzigd door yavanna op 26-03-2011 15:33:36 ]
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Jamal al-Zway one of the rebel leaders speaking from Brega now: God willing, we will be having supper outside Ras Lanouf tonight #libya
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi soldiers are lightly armed, and are in full retreat. They no longer have any tanks or armour
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi doesn't have the means 2 stop us, however Sirte is his stronghold and will be difficult #libya
N_Benghazi Weapons have been supplied to revolutionaries in #Misrata! #Libya #Feb17
A supply and aid ship heading to Misrata (from Malta, I assume) was intercepted by Gaddafi frigates, threatened & forced to go back #libya
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi soldiers are lightly armed, and are in full retreat. They no longer have any tanks or armour
Jamal al-Zway (revolutionary leader): Gaddafi doesn't have the means 2 stop us, however Sirte is his stronghold and will be difficult #libya
N_Benghazi Weapons have been supplied to revolutionaries in #Misrata! #Libya #Feb17
A supply and aid ship heading to Misrata (from Malta, I assume) was intercepted by Gaddafi frigates, threatened & forced to go back #libya
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De staats tv heeft wel humor 
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
CineversityTV Pi-Qui Baltink
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
Yup deze oorlog hoort bij de globale war on terror.quote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:46 schreef remlof het volgende:
CineversityTV Pi-Qui Baltink
#UK says it fears attacks against British targets if #gadaffi remains in power #libya #dictatorships #terrorism #europe #gadafficrimes
2 minutes ago
M.a.w. de Kolonel moet gewoon weg.
Nee hoor, maar een staatshoofd dat dreigt met aanvallen op onze steden moeten we zo snel mogelijk vanaf.quote:
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Yup deze oorlog hoort bij de globale war on terror.
Ik dacht precies dit toen ik het zag op AJEquote:
De staats tv heeft wel humor
1341: Libyan state TV has an original take on the march in London against government spending cuts. A screen caption reads: "Tens of thousands of British citizens out in mass protests now in front of the British House of Commons condemning the colonialist, crusader aggression against the Libyan Great Jamahiriyah."
Een staatshoofd die met aanslagen op burgerdoelen dreigt is een terrorist. En dus een legitiem doel in de war on terror.quote:Op zaterdag 26 maart 2011 14:49 schreef remlof het volgende:
Nee hoor, maar een staatshoofd dat dreigt met aanvallen op onze steden moeten we zo snel mogelijk vanaf.
Associated Press
Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes
By RYAN LUCAS and BEN HUBBARD , 03.26.11, 09:32 AM EDT
AJDABIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. In a western city the opposition lost to Gadhafi, a resident said security agents had lists of rebel sympathizers and were dragging them from their homes.
Drivers honked in celebration and flew the tricolor rebel flag. Others in the city fired their guns into the air and danced on burned-out tanks that littered the road. Inside a building that had served as makeshift barracks for pro-Gadhafi forces, hastily discarded uniforms were piled on the floor.
"Without the planes we couldn't have done this. Gadhafi's weapons are at a different level than ours," said Ahmed Faraj, 38, a rebel fighter from Ajdabiya. "With the help of the planes we are going to push onward to Tripoli, God willing."
Ajdabiya's sudden fall to Gadhafi's troops spurred the swift U.N. resolution authorizing international action in Libya, and its return to rebel hands on Saturday came after a week of airstrikes and missiles against the Libyan leader's military.
Saif Sadawi, a 20-year-old rebel fighter with an RPG in his hands, said the city's eastern gate fell late Friday and the western gate fell at dawn Saturday after airstrikes on both locations.
"All of Ajdabiya is free," he said.
Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes
By RYAN LUCAS and BEN HUBBARD , 03.26.11, 09:32 AM EDT
AJDABIYA, Libya -- Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. In a western city the opposition lost to Gadhafi, a resident said security agents had lists of rebel sympathizers and were dragging them from their homes.
Drivers honked in celebration and flew the tricolor rebel flag. Others in the city fired their guns into the air and danced on burned-out tanks that littered the road. Inside a building that had served as makeshift barracks for pro-Gadhafi forces, hastily discarded uniforms were piled on the floor.
"Without the planes we couldn't have done this. Gadhafi's weapons are at a different level than ours," said Ahmed Faraj, 38, a rebel fighter from Ajdabiya. "With the help of the planes we are going to push onward to Tripoli, God willing."
Ajdabiya's sudden fall to Gadhafi's troops spurred the swift U.N. resolution authorizing international action in Libya, and its return to rebel hands on Saturday came after a week of airstrikes and missiles against the Libyan leader's military.
Saif Sadawi, a 20-year-old rebel fighter with an RPG in his hands, said the city's eastern gate fell late Friday and the western gate fell at dawn Saturday after airstrikes on both locations.
"All of Ajdabiya is free," he said.
amal al-Zway one of the rebel leaders speaking from Brega now: God willing, we will be having supper outside Ras Lanouf tonight
Tripoli, High Ranking Official: "over 100'000 Kalashnikov have been spread even if we didn't want to! we had to".
Vertaald maar weet niet wat te denken.
Jeugd Tripoli organiseert zichzelf.. En de weg de tempel van de onderneming van een Overgangsraad voor de Unie aan een latere datum met de overgang in verschillende gebieden van Libië.. Wacht op verrassingen
Vertaald maar weet niet wat te denken.
Jeugd Tripoli organiseert zichzelf.. En de weg de tempel van de onderneming van een Overgangsraad voor de Unie aan een latere datum met de overgang in verschillende gebieden van Libië.. Wacht op verrassingen
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Retake of Ajdabya in pictures
Voor zelfrijdend geschut ziet het er goed uit.quote:Rebels hold up the flag of the Kingdom of Libya on a destroyed tank
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[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
cnn Ben
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Gaan de journo's nu de wapens oppakken?quote:
cnn Ben
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt offcls threw bag/cloth over woman's head, bundled her, kicking & screaming, out of hotel and into van.
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Free Assange! Hack the Planet
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
Ben trouwens best wel geschokt van dat filmpje van die vrouw die een zaal met buitenlandse journalisten binnenloopt.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
ze voeren ook een journalist af - eind van het filmpjequote:
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Gaan de journo's nu de wapens oppakken?
Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.quote:
Ben trouwens best wel geschokt van dat filmpje van die vrouw die een zaal met buitenlandse journalisten binnenloopt.
Ben bang dat ze haar niet alleen in een cel gaan zetten.
Klopt. Nu zie je echter op beeld hoe ze wordt aangepakt en komt het toch dichterbij.quote:
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Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.
Mag je hypocriet noemen maar zo is het nu eenmaal.
En dat klopt van jouw kant weer.quote:
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Klopt. Nu zie je echter op beeld hoe ze wordt aangepakt en komt het toch dichterbij.
Mag je hypocriet noemen maar zo is het nu eenmaal.
As reporters, including Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller, gathered to hear her story, security guards grabbed the woman, bundled her into a car and drove her away following a brawl.
Jonathan Miller said: "I personally saw a waiter and a waitress raise a knife to try to stop this woman talking.
"They accussed her of being a traitor and betraying the Gaddafi regime."
The woman, Eman al-Obaidi, said she was arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli because she is from the city of Benghazi, the bastion of a rebel insurgency against Gaddafi's rule.
"They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whiskey. I was tied up," she said, weeping and stretching out her arms to show scars.
Her face was heavily bruised and her upper right thigh had blood on it. "They peed on me. They violated my honour," said Obaid.
Obaidi, wearing a loose black coat and slippers, said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days at the checkpoint.
Her story could not be independently verified. It was unclear whether she had escaped or had been released.
Obaidi was eventually forced into a garden outside the hotel. Journalists trying to get to her were pushed away.
"Leave me alone," she shouted from the garden as one man tried to cover her mouth with his hand.
She was then dragged to a parking lot and bundled into a white car. Security men said they were taking her to hospital.
"They are taking me to jail," she yelled, trying to resist the security guards. "They are taking me to jail."
Jonathan Miller said: "I personally saw a waiter and a waitress raise a knife to try to stop this woman talking.
"They accussed her of being a traitor and betraying the Gaddafi regime."
The woman, Eman al-Obaidi, said she was arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli because she is from the city of Benghazi, the bastion of a rebel insurgency against Gaddafi's rule.
"They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whiskey. I was tied up," she said, weeping and stretching out her arms to show scars.
Her face was heavily bruised and her upper right thigh had blood on it. "They peed on me. They violated my honour," said Obaid.
Obaidi, wearing a loose black coat and slippers, said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days at the checkpoint.
Her story could not be independently verified. It was unclear whether she had escaped or had been released.
Obaidi was eventually forced into a garden outside the hotel. Journalists trying to get to her were pushed away.
"Leave me alone," she shouted from the garden as one man tried to cover her mouth with his hand.
She was then dragged to a parking lot and bundled into a white car. Security men said they were taking her to hospital.
"They are taking me to jail," she yelled, trying to resist the security guards. "They are taking me to jail."
quote:De Libische staatstelevisie meldt dat duizenden Britten voor het parlementsgebouw in Londen demonstreren tegen de "koloniale agressie van de kruisvaarders tegen Libië".
Het door het regime gecontroleerde medium toonde geen beelden van die demonstratie, alleen een tekst in het Engels.
Er is op dit moment inderdaad een massale manifestatie in de Britse hoofdstad. Maar: de naar schatting 200.000 betogers demonstreren tegen Britse bezuinigingsplannen, niet tegen de militaire acties in Libië.
AJE
3:00pm
In the past hour allied war planes have hit Gaddafi targets in the opposition-held town of Misurata. Pro-democracy fighters now say they have moved past Brega further to the west. And that they are heading towards Ras Lanuf - another oil-rich town.
Al Jazeera's James Bays says celebrations by the rebels in Ajdabiya, where he is reporting from, are continuing after the town was retaken by the rebels. Gunfire could he heard from background as he spokes and referred to it as "fresh celebrations".
But he added that it is unclear whether the rebels' victory was planned.
The opposition fighters have come along the main road, hit the roadblock of Gaddafi's forces and that was a stalemate ... It was only when those airstrikes [of coalition forces] took place that the situation changed.
It [town] was recaptured because of what came from the skies. It was here- at the west gate in Ajdabiya - that Gaddafi forces made their last stand ... There was bombardment from international jets; international coalition ... People here are celebrating. The people are firing in celebration rather than anger. Most people had fled Ajdabiya during the fighting, but some had hidden in their homes but now they [are] joining the celebrations.
3:00pm
In the past hour allied war planes have hit Gaddafi targets in the opposition-held town of Misurata. Pro-democracy fighters now say they have moved past Brega further to the west. And that they are heading towards Ras Lanuf - another oil-rich town.
Al Jazeera's James Bays says celebrations by the rebels in Ajdabiya, where he is reporting from, are continuing after the town was retaken by the rebels. Gunfire could he heard from background as he spokes and referred to it as "fresh celebrations".
But he added that it is unclear whether the rebels' victory was planned.
The opposition fighters have come along the main road, hit the roadblock of Gaddafi's forces and that was a stalemate ... It was only when those airstrikes [of coalition forces] took place that the situation changed.
It [town] was recaptured because of what came from the skies. It was here- at the west gate in Ajdabiya - that Gaddafi forces made their last stand ... There was bombardment from international jets; international coalition ... People here are celebrating. The people are firing in celebration rather than anger. Most people had fled Ajdabiya during the fighting, but some had hidden in their homes but now they [are] joining the celebrations.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
1549: A rebel spokesman, Ahmed Khalifa, has told AFP that at least 13 pro-Gaddafi fighters have been taken captive and are being treated as prisoners of war.
De vrouw , Eman al-Obaidi en komt uit Benghazi .
Zou het de vrouw zijn van deze man ?
Dr. Habib al-Obaidi, chief of intensive care at the Al-Jalae hospital in Benghazi, Libya has stated that fifty trauma patients have died of gunshot wounds after the authorities reportedly fired on protestors.
Zou het de vrouw zijn van deze man ?
Dr. Habib al-Obaidi, chief of intensive care at the Al-Jalae hospital in Benghazi, Libya has stated that fifty trauma patients have died of gunshot wounds after the authorities reportedly fired on protestors.
En dat is nog maar een fractie van wat voor walgelijke dingen er over de hele wereld heen gebeuren, van pasgeboren baby tot hoog bejaarde. Er lopen veel teveel idoten op deze aardbol rond.quote:
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Op dit moment worden er ook minderjarige Iraanse vrouwen verkracht door Iraniërs voordat ze gestenigd worden.
Het is onmogelijk dat filmpje te bekijken zonder gevoel en je o.a. rot te voelen door wat haar is overkomen en overkomt. En gelukkig maar, ik moet er niet aan denken dat het 'normaal' zou zijn.
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
Ik heb hem nog nooit zoveel tweets over 1 onderwerp zien sturen, lijkt hem ook goed geraakt te hebben.
Wat een dappere vrouw...
NicRobertsonCNN
Woman came into restaurant of journalists' hotel today claiming shed been detained at govt chkpt, held 2 days, tied up, beaten and raped.
Within mins of beginning to tell her story, govt officls and hotel staff moved in to shut her up.
CNN cameraman on scene said she showed journalsts bruises, scratches on thighs, bruised face, rope burns on wrists & ankles
Waitress threatnd her w knife, calling her "traitor." Govt offcls began beating journlsts trying to interview her.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Clarify'g earlier tweet: bag/cloth thrown over her head, they took her into back garden, then bundled out hotel front door w out bag/cloth
Sm journalists tried to protect her, challenging officials about where they taking her but they drove off with her in white car.
CNN camerman was there but camera smashed & footage taken so no pictures of our own. Here's link to some pool footage http://tiny.cc/u38ii
Journalists demnding to see her. David Kirkpatrick NYT & I went to offcls in charge who claimed dont know who took her or where she taken.
Repeatdly challengd at presser later, Libyan Dep FM said they will be "investigating & find out how she is & that we will let you know.
Charles Clover Financial Times who tried to stop thugs was put in van & driven 2 border. Sd was told last nght hd 2 leave bec of his reports
Wat een dappere vrouw...
NicRobertsonCNN
Woman came into restaurant of journalists' hotel today claiming shed been detained at govt chkpt, held 2 days, tied up, beaten and raped.
Within mins of beginning to tell her story, govt officls and hotel staff moved in to shut her up.
CNN cameraman on scene said she showed journalsts bruises, scratches on thighs, bruised face, rope burns on wrists & ankles
Waitress threatnd her w knife, calling her "traitor." Govt offcls began beating journlsts trying to interview her.
CNN camera violently snatchd, systemtclly smashd to pieces & video footage stolen. Some journlsts beaten in blatant disply of regime thuggry
Govt officls claimd she was "mentally ill" & being taken to "a hospital." She managed to shout out they were taking her to jail.
Clarify'g earlier tweet: bag/cloth thrown over her head, they took her into back garden, then bundled out hotel front door w out bag/cloth
Sm journalists tried to protect her, challenging officials about where they taking her but they drove off with her in white car.
CNN camerman was there but camera smashed & footage taken so no pictures of our own. Here's link to some pool footage http://tiny.cc/u38ii
Journalists demnding to see her. David Kirkpatrick NYT & I went to offcls in charge who claimed dont know who took her or where she taken.
Repeatdly challengd at presser later, Libyan Dep FM said they will be "investigating & find out how she is & that we will let you know.
Charles Clover Financial Times who tried to stop thugs was put in van & driven 2 border. Sd was told last nght hd 2 leave bec of his reports
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
