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| Kidnap and sexual assault of aid convoy Britons in Benghazi |
| 2013-03-29 |
| [Libya Herald] At least one woman travelling with an overland aid convoy heading to Gazoo has been sexually assaulted in Benghazi, during the brief kidnapping of five British nationals. The incident took place on Tuesday, when two groups from the aid mission, a British-Pak family -- a father with his two daughters -- and another man and a woman, decided to leave the convoy, which was being delayed at the Libyan-Egyptian border, and return to the UK. The five took a taxi back to Benghazi but were stopped at the Sidi Al-Faraj checkpoint by members of the Libyan regular army. They were then kidnapped and taken to a farm in the Sellouk area, where at least one of the girls was sexually assaulted. Four of the kidnapped Britons managed to escape and found a local cop shoppe. The fifth was later rescued. It is not clear how many of the three kidnapped women were abused. It has been reported that one was raped. Deputy Prime Minister Awadh al-Barassi said in a statement released on his Facebook page that both daughters had been "brutally raped" in front of their father. "I express my very deep sorrow at what happened," he said. "This heinous incident does not under any circumstances reflect the genuine generosity and morality of the Libyan people or the traditions of Arab-Islamic culture," Barassi said, "and I demand the authorities to take the necessary action." The Ministry of the Interior has sent a team to investigate the case. Four Libyan soldiers have already been jugged Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! in connection with allegations of abduction and rape and another is wanted. They are understood to be members of the First Infantry Brigade of the Libyan regular army. The Turkish Consul-General has provided support to the family and it is reported that they are staying in his residence. The British Ambassador in Libya, Michael Arun, told the Libya Herald this evening, Thursday, that it had been "in very close contact with the Libyan authorities ever since this tragic incident was discovered." He said the embassy was "particularly grateful" to the Turkish Consul-General in Benghazi for the help he had provided. The aid convoy, named Marmara 2, had been held at the Libyan-Egyptian border for over a week, having travelled from Europe through Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya without visas. It is believed that, although the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was prepared to let them in, the Egyptian border guards refused them entry. When travellers in the convoy started running out of money and food, the five British nationals decided to leave and return to the UK. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "This heinous incident does not under any circumstances reflect the genuine generosity and morality of the Libyan people or the traditions of Arab-Islamic culture," Yes, the famous Barbary hospitality. Perhaps he is right, back in the day dad would have been flayed, crucified, beheaded, and floated in the harbor and the daughters enslaved and sent to detroit. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-03-29 11:12 |
| #2 Don't know about you people, but I'm hopping they gave her a venereal disease --- though the converse seem more likely. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-29 05:30 |
| #1 Two if by sea, one if by land. This is the outcome after the first convoy was stopped at sea by the Israeli navy -- the time they killed the IHH terrorists -- the second was stopped by lawfare and a bit of judicious rudder damage of various ships in docks in Europe. Now the third one has resulted in the vicious rapine of foolish daughters in front of criminally foolish parents. Hopefully a useful lesson will be learnt. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-03-29 05:09 |