Saturday, 26. February 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on February 26, 2011 at 10:12:00 AM CET
AliTweel: I confirm every word in this video please hang on girl. - Why we fled Libya
I've been in Tripoli for nearly three months; the past three days have felt about that long. We have been stuck on a boat bound for Malta that couldn't leave port because of heavy winds and waves as high as 9 meters.
As the boat sat in Tripoli Harbor, not far from the Green Square, which just a few days ago was packed with pro-Moammar Gadhafi protesters attempting to drown out the escalating opposition to the regime, images from movies continuously crossed my mind: That scene in "Titanic" where everyone scrambles to get off the boat, "Speed 2" and an imagined James Bond flick to be set in Libya.
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