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Qadaffy bully boyz swarm bus carrying foreign journalists in Tripoli
[Emirates 24/7] Libyans armed with guns and a knife stormed a bus carrying foreign journalists in Tripoli on Saturday and a soldier fired volleys of gunfire into the air to disperse the crowd, said a Rooters journalist on the bus. No one was hurt in the attack but it reflected anger in government-controlled territory over severe petrol shortages, NATO air strikes and government and state media reports that foreign journalists misrepresent the news. In the contested Western Mountains region, Qadaffy forces surrounded the eastern section of Ryna, positioned snipers on roofs,kidnapped young men and looted stores, Jemaa Ibrahim, a rebel in nearby Zintan, told Rooters by telephone on Saturday. The soldiers, who included African mercenaries, asked residents to leave their homes and many decamped under duress, some coming to Zintan, he said. There was no independent confirmation of his report. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-23 |
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