Gadhafi's son says regime will survive as 100,000 flee Libya

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- About 100,000 people have fled the violence in Libya in the past week, including 10,000 into Tunisia on Saturday alone, aid groups said Sunday .

The Tunisian government said Saturday that 40,000 people had crossed its borders since February 20, while Egypt said 55,000 had entered its soil, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday. The evacuees include Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans and many from Asian countries.

About 10,000 fled from Libya to Tunisia on Saturday, the Red Crescent said.

"Very large numbers of people amassed in the no man's land between Libya and Tunisia in extremely cold conditions," Red Crescent spokesman Joe Lowry told CNN Sunday. "People stood in the queue for six hours with no food, water, or access to sanitation." The Red Crescent is affiliated with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

At least four people were carried away in stretchers due to crush injuries, and several lost consciousness as a result of the chaos.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/27/libya.protests/

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UNHCR emergency teams supporting Tunisians and Egyptians to respond to tens of thousands fleeing violence in Libya
Press Releases, 27 February 2011

GENEVA – UNHCR emergency teams are working with Tunisian and Egyptian authorities and NGOs to support close to 100,000 people that have fled the violence in Libya in the past week.

On Saturday the Tunisian Government said that 40,000 people had crossed its borders since 20 February, with an additional 10,000 expected to cross last night. Of this number approximately 18,000 are Tunisian, 15,000 Egyptian, 2,500 Libyan and 2,000 Chinese.

Meanwhile in Egypt the authorities told UNHCR that 55,000 people have crossed the border since 19 February. This includes 46,000 Egyptians, 2,100 Libyans and 6,900 third country nationals, mainly from Asian countries.

"We are committed to assisting Tunisia and Egypt in helping each and every person fleeing Libya," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres. "We call upon the international community to respond quickly and generously to enable these governments to cope with this humanitarian emergency," he added.

more:http://www.unhcr.org/4d6a2a4d9.html

[Turbineguy]

1. Saif Gadhafi

left out the bit about lasting for 1000 years.

[fittosurvive]

2. 100,000...this is going to become a whole lot worse before it gets better.

[maddezmom]

3. Gaddafi's son denies turmoil sweeping Libya-report

Gaddafi's son denies turmoil sweeping Libya-report

WASHINGTON Feb 27 (Reuters) - The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi denied in a U.S. television interview that turmoil was sweeping the country and said the military did not use force against the people, despite reports to the contrary.

There was a "big, big gap between reality and the media reports," Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, told ABC News' "This Week" television program. "The whole south is calm. The west is calm. The middle is calm. Even part of the east."

His assessment came despite media reports of more gains by anti-Gaddafi forces with the latest coming from the city of Zawiyah, only 30 miles (50 km) west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli.

Saif Gaddafi also denied allegations that the military was targeting Libyan citizens.

more:http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2718697120110227

[wordpix]

4. maybe the sparsely populated desert regions are calm but

otherwise, he's lying---100,000 Libyans just fled to Tunisia

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6. Watching Saif Gaddafi was like a flashback to Baghdad Bob

No, everything's fine. Just a couple of individual troublemakers, and we can't listen to them.

[maddezmom]

5. Gaddafi son: No money secreted out of Libya

Gaddafi son: No money secreted out of Libya
Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi denies that his family's fortune has been secreted out of the country and points to a 'big gap' between the media and reality
AFP, Sunday 27 Feb 2011

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son denied Sunday that his family had secreted billions of dollars out of the country, as he scornfully dismissed a UN vote calling for freezing their assets.

"First of all, we don't have money outside," Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi told ABC television's "This Week" programme.

"We are a very modest family and everybody knows that. And we are laughing when they say you have money in Europe or Switzerland or something. Come on, it's a joke."

His comments came a day after the UN Security Council slapped a travel ban and assets freeze on Gaddafi and his inner circle.

more:http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/6572/World/Region/Gaddafi-son-No-money-secreted-out-of-Libya.aspx