Friday, May 20, 2011

The Journalist Talk About Arrest

The two American Journalist that were released this week made it to Tunisian board Thursday.
The felt grateful to be out of Libya and able to talk about what really happened to them. Clara Morgana Gills said this about being out of the country.
"I feel fine, and I am happy to be on the  other side, where I can talk freely."
They had been going to the front line in Berga to write about the fighting. When 5 of them got out of a taxi. Once they got out of the taxi Gadhafi's forces started firing on them.
They went for cover. Anton Hammerl from South Africa was shot in the abdomen.
They ran to the bushes for cover and yelled that they were journalist. The forces stopped firing for a while.
The 4 were taken prisoner. Hammerl died and they left his body on the ground.
While being held captive they were treated well and had plenty of food. At one point they were in a villa of one of the Generals of the army.
At one point they were held in a detention center in Tripoli. There they were interrogated about what they were doing.
At one point a news station said that Gills was an American CIA agent trying to help the rebel forces. They took her Pass Port and showed it on TV. It was later given back to her.
While in the detention center Gills said that they could feel the NATO air strikes. 
They also said that they made frequent visits to a court house where they were told that their case was under review and would be released soon. This left them even more confused.
They were later fined $150 and cannot enter in the country for 1 year for entering the country illegaly. 
After they were released they were able to talk to Hammerl's family and tell them the news.
They have plans to be home later this week.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Affects of War

Millions of people are in need of humanitarian aid because of the war in Libya.
Most of the food and medical supplies that would be coming into Africa from Libya have been depleted and are not coming. Most of the 1.6 million people that are in need are coming out of the country to protect themselves.
Now those in Africa are heading to other countries to receive medical attention and help. Some of the places are receiving these refuges are Egypt and Tunisia.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Migrants Leaving Libya

Security forces in Libya are forcing people to give them all that they have and making them get on boats headed to Italy disregarding their wishes to stay. This was what happened to some of the survivors of the boat that capsized Friday. 
When asked the Libyan officials did not make a comment on the allegations of letting illegal magrants out of the country and into Italy.
Italy and Libya had a treaty that made it so all African illegal magrants would be stopped in Libya. However Italy has noticed an influx of migrants right after Italy joined forces with NATO and its bombings.