Monday, April 4, 2011

The Humanitarian Disaster In Misrata Is Finally Getting World Attention



Libyans In Misrata Describe Terror Inflicted By Gaddafi's Snipers -- The Guardian

'We are afraid to step into the street. You can just be shot', say Libyans in Misrata, as assault by regime enters sixth week

There has been much to terrorise the people of Misrata over the past weeks of bloody siege. Tank shells and mortars have fallen at random in the heart of the rebel-held Libyan city, with little warning bar the final whistle of the explosive flying through the air. Muammar Gaddafi's planes have periodically bombed the revolutionary enclave in the west of the country.

But residents say there has been nothing like the snipers.

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More News On The Humanitarian Disaster In Misrata

Shattered by shrapnel and civil war: Boy, 12, flees Libyan rebel city on mercy ship sent to save hundreds -- Daily Mail
Misrata wounded speak of fighting, resolve -- CNN
Mercy ship rescues Libya's wounded -- Syhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifdney Morning Herald
Rescued Libyans Describe Attacks In Besieged City -- NPR/AP
Libya: Turkish ship rescues injured from Misrata -- BBC
Ship Evacuates Wounded from Besieged Libyan City -- ABC News
Turkey evacuates 300 severely injured from besieged Libyan towns -- M&C
Refugees Tell Of Violence In Rebel-Held Libyan City -- NPR
Ferry docks in Benghazi, carrying cargo of wounded from a Libyan city under siege -- The Australian
Shelling in Misrata targets shelter, five dead -- Reuters
Red Cross Appeals for Access to Libyan City of Misrata -- Voice of America

My Comment: The misery in Misrata must be incredible .... this is a siege of the worse kind, with the dead and injured now running into the stratosphere.

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