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Libyan thugs gun down mourners at funeral again
| AP, so just the first three paragraphs as fair use: |
CAIRO -- Libyan forces fired machine-guns at thousands of mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi attacked demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weapons.
| Qadaffi sure isn't following the footsteps of Ben Ali, Hosni and King Abdullah, is he. Then again, he cares a whole lot less about his people than they do... |
A doctor at one Benghazi hospital where many of the casualties are being taken said 20 people were killed Sunday. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said 173 people died - mostly in Benghazi - in three days of unrest from Thursday through Saturday.
| Apparently the docs there don't give out work excuses on the street, either... |
A Switzerland-based Libyan activist said 11 people were killed in the city of Beyida on Wednesday. The latest numbers brought the toll to at least 204 since Wednesday, although a precise count has been difficult because of Libya's tight restrictions on reporting.
The crackdown in oil-rich Libya is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of anti-government protests that began with uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
| That's because Qadaffi is indulging his inner thug... |
Posted by: Steve White 2011-02-20 |
