Officials: Gadhafi forces crack down at border( Red Crescent ambulances were shot at in Misrat)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Officials: Gadhafi forces crack down at borderShareThisPrint E-mail .By JOHN HEILPRIN


The Associated Press

GENEVA — Officials say the number of people crossing the Libyan border has suddenly dropped because it is now being manned by heavily armed forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Red Cross officials also said Friday that two Libyan Red Crescent ambulances were shot at in Misrata, west of Benghazi, and two volunteers were injured. They say one ambulance was completely burned.

U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming says less than 2,000 people made it across the border into Tunisia over the last day, compared with 10,000 to 15,000 previously.



Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/officials-gadhafi-forces-crack-859644.html

[Demeter]

1. What Kind of Sick Idiot shoots at ambulances?

[dipsydoodle]

2. The majority crossing into Tunisia are Egyptians and Bangladeshis

and I have feeling that its Tunisia who actually control the number they let in.

meanwhile : http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x554783

[uppityperson]

3. Shooting Red Crescent ambulances? What a fool.

[maddezmom]

4. Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty International

Pro-Gaddafi Forces Shoot at Medical Team in Misratah, Wounding Medics, Says Amnesty International

Organization Condems Deliberate Attack on Medical Workers, Saying it Shows Pro-Gaddafi Forces will Use “Indiscriminate” Lethal Force

Contact: Suzanne Trimel, 212-633-4150, [email protected]

(Washington) – A medical team in Libya has told Amnesty International that it came under deliberate attack – and two medics were wounded – from pro-Gaddafi security forces Thursday, while carrying out their medical duties.

Two medics from the Libyan Red Crescent trying to retrieve a body near the town of Misratah were shot and injured in an attack from a nearby military installation belonging to the Hamza Phalange, a military force loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi.

"This was a deliberate attack on medical professionals, who were wearing full medical uniform and arrived in two clearly marked Red Crescent ambulances," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa director.


more:
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20110304001&lang=e

[maddezmom]

5. Foreigners may be prevented from leaving Libya

Foreigners may be prevented from leaving Libya
Sat Mar 5, 2011 8:40am GMT
By Douglas Hamilton
RAS JDIR, Tunisia (Reuters) - Foreign workers trying to flee violence in Libya may be trapped or prevented from reaching the Tunisian border, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday after the flow of refugees dried up.

The number of people crossing through this border post two hours' drive west of the Libyan capital Tripoli had topped 100,000 by Thursday but then plummeted.

"The UNHCR is concerned that the security position in Libya is preventing people from leaving," Firas Kayal, the agency's spokesman on the spot, said.

The UNHCR also noted reports from journalists escorted to the frontier by Libyan officials in the past 24 hours found it almost deserted, apart from well-armed government troops.

more:http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE72403O20110305