Reply #99: News stories that got reporters deported by the Gaddafi regime

[pinboy3niner]

In the past, reporters have been summarily deported from Libya with no explanation given as to the reason for their expulsion. But in the case of David Smith, a regime official waved his Guardian story in front of his face, the offending passages highlighted in yellow, and tore the story in half. And, like Smith, the Telegraph's Adrian Blomfield was expelled for writing a story about the underground opposition in Tripoli.

These are the stories that led the regime to deport these reporters:


Tripoli: a stronghold by day, a battleground at night (David Smith)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/06/tripoli-night-battles-rebels-shootings



Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli (Adrian Blomfield)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8620881/Libya-covert-guerrilla-war-in-Tripoli.html