Chevez and Gadhafi are starting their rhetoric which has a grain of truth to it. If The West intervenes there could be more casualities than less. Chevez is stated to be talking about a peace mission. I doubt if that means Gadhafi is to leave, however, there is indications they are worried about anarchy and the inability of the people to organize a government.
Sadly, Gadhafi is notching up the cost of his new ? war for peace.? He has taken three Dutch airman prisoners as they were rescuing evacuees.
As far as I am concerned it is not unusal for Western media to 'miss' some of the 'facts' on the ground. I think this article demonstrates that.
...Dutch soldiers taken prisoner (click title to entry - thank you)
In other developments, three Dutch soldiers were taken prisoner at the weekend by armed men during an operation to evacuate civilians from Libya, the Dutch defence ministry said today.
"We confirm it," a navy official told AFP when asked about the capture of three marines reported by Dutch daily De Telegraaf.
The paper said the three marines were helping with the evacuation from Sirte of two civilians, one Dutch and another European, in a helicopter that crashed.
The marines were attacked by armed men loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who captured them. The two civilians were handed over by the Libyans to the Dutch embassy and have since left Libya, according to De Telegraaf.
Thousands of Africans fear being mistaken for mercenaries
In the rush to get foreigners out of Libya, thousands of migrant Africans are being left behind, holed up at home terrified as insurgents mistake them for mercenaries fighting for Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Rumours that Gaddafi has hired fighters from south of the Sahara to quash a popular revolt against him have made hordes of Africans targets of popular anger, many from poor countries unable to organise their evacuation.
Libyan border crossings were overwhelmed on Wednesday by tens of thousands of hungry, fearful people fleeing its burgeoning civil war.
Egypt and a handful of European nations launched emergency airlifts and sent ships to handle the chaotic exodus.
UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said over 180,000 refugees have reached the border....
Sadly, Gadhafi is notching up the cost of his new ? war for peace.? He has taken three Dutch airman prisoners as they were rescuing evacuees.
As far as I am concerned it is not unusal for Western media to 'miss' some of the 'facts' on the ground. I think this article demonstrates that.
...Dutch soldiers taken prisoner (click title to entry - thank you)
In other developments, three Dutch soldiers were taken prisoner at the weekend by armed men during an operation to evacuate civilians from Libya, the Dutch defence ministry said today.
"We confirm it," a navy official told AFP when asked about the capture of three marines reported by Dutch daily De Telegraaf.
The paper said the three marines were helping with the evacuation from Sirte of two civilians, one Dutch and another European, in a helicopter that crashed.
The marines were attacked by armed men loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who captured them. The two civilians were handed over by the Libyans to the Dutch embassy and have since left Libya, according to De Telegraaf.
Thousands of Africans fear being mistaken for mercenaries
In the rush to get foreigners out of Libya, thousands of migrant Africans are being left behind, holed up at home terrified as insurgents mistake them for mercenaries fighting for Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Rumours that Gaddafi has hired fighters from south of the Sahara to quash a popular revolt against him have made hordes of Africans targets of popular anger, many from poor countries unable to organise their evacuation.
Libyan border crossings were overwhelmed on Wednesday by tens of thousands of hungry, fearful people fleeing its burgeoning civil war.
Egypt and a handful of European nations launched emergency airlifts and sent ships to handle the chaotic exodus.
UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said over 180,000 refugees have reached the border....
