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| Qadaffy bully boyz swarm bus carrying foreign journalists in Tripoli  |
| 2011-05-23 |
| [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 |
| #3 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. This is the MSM simply making up the news. The likely reason is anger over government vehicles jumping the queue. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-23 10:14 |
| #2 Ask the North Vietnamese. Or the Germans. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-05-23 08:53 |
| #1 It's amazing how belligerent people can become after a few little bombs---employed for impeccable humanitarian reasons---been dropped on their heads. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-05-23 05:11 |