Thanku4theAnger THANKU4THEANGER
"@Amazigh_Libya: Contact #Libya NTC at aid@ntclibya.org concerning starvation faced in besieged #Yefren & #Zintanhttp://goo.gl/LyXoB"
People in the Libyan town of Yafran, besieged by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, are running out of food, drinking water and medical supplies, residents said today.
Yafran, about 100 km (60 miles) southwest of the Libyan capital, is part of the Western Mountains region where the local population — most of them belonging to the Berber ethnic group — rose up two months ago against Gaddafi’s rule.Towns the length of the mountain range have since come under attack by Gaddafi forces, but accounts from residents who fled suggest that Yafran, one of the biggest population centres in the region, has suffered some of the worst hardship. Fatma Douri, 35, arrived with her family two days ago at a refugee camp in the Tunisian border town of Dehiba after fleeing Yafran.
Amazigh_Libya AmazighLibya
Contact #Libya NTC at aid@ntclibya.org concerning starvation faced in besieged #Yefren & #Zintan http://goo.gl/LyXoB
Razzmoose Rasmus Bøgeskov
Den forglemte frontline i Libyen: Berbernes forsvar af Zintan ogYafran, uden hjælp fra Nato eller presseomtale. http://bit.ly/m63B9g
t is the unknown frontline in Libya's civil war, a rebel town besieged by Gaddafi's forces but almost ignored by the outside world. Rockets and Scud missiles pour down. Water is running short. Tens of thousands are desperately trying to flee. But transfixed by the horrors of Misurata, the international community - and the Nato military alliance - have all but overlooked the closely parallel drama in the mountain towns of Zintan and Yafran, little more than an hour's drive from the capital. "We have been under fire for about an hour and a half now," said one Zintan resident, Mustafa Haider, by telephone from the town on Friday afternoon.
helgaworotitjan Helga Worotitjan
RT @KenRoth: ZIntan & Yafran, in western #Libya, coming under nearly as much indiscriminate fire as Misurata ... http://tmi.me/a0Q6t
KenRoth Kenneth Roth
ZIntan & Yafran, in western #Libya, coming under nearly as much indiscriminate fire as Misurata was, but few notice.http://bit.ly/jQKudz
