The ship "Ankara", a ferry converted into a hospital and sent from Turkey to Libya, left last night of the cities of Benghazi and transporting hundreds Misrata seriously injured of the conflict and is expected to reach the Turkish port of Cesme on Tuesday night.
heavily escorted by a dozen fighter jets F-16 Turkish and two frigates of the Turkish navy, the "Ankara" arrived on Saturday at the besieged port city of Misrata, west of Libya, and next day headed to the eastern city of Benghazi, from where he left last night due to the Turkish town of Cesme injured about 330 on board gathered in Misrata -230 and 100 in Benghazi, which will be treated in hospitals in Turkey, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish consul general in Benghazi, Ali Davutoğlu (Turkey still maintains diplomatic representation in Libya).
Hundreds of people flocked to receive the "Ankara" and the wounded lay on the docks of Misrata and Benghazi, shouting and making the symbol of victory and waving Turkish flags, in the latter, the second largest city Libya and the main stronghold of the rebels fighting the Gaddafi government, many also went looking for news about the desperate situation in Misrata, a rebel enclave in the western country that has been isolated and currently supports a long and bloody siege by the Forces loyal to the Libyan dictator.
transported the wounded to Turkey the hospital ship, chartered by the Turkish government with the collaboration of the Turkish Red Crescent humanitarian organization and the HHI (the same which chartered the "Freedom Flotilla" that was attacked in 2010 by Israeli soldiers on his way to Gaza) are the most serious, those with wounds that can not be treated in hospitals by teams of Turkish Red Crescent already in Libya.
Most had bullet wounds and amputees, and they all tell of harrowing experiences and above all have the brutality of Gaddafi's forces. "They have killed whole families, women ... I have a neighbor who lost his wife and their three children, "says the young Mohammed Muftah, speaking of the indiscriminate bombardment of the besieged Misrata. Others tell how the soldiers entered the Libyan dictator in their homes or businesses, although they were unarmed shooting and looting all their property.
addition to more than 300 serious injuries are treated in hospitals in Turkey, the ship "Ankara" carrying dozens of foreign citizens also evacuated from Libya, including British, Finnish, German, Greek, Ukrainian, Uzbek . About a dozen doctors and nurses attend to the wounded on board until their arrival in Turkey, scheduled for Tuesday morning, the reason is simple: given the state of many of the wounded, it is possible that some of them need to be operated before they can be transferred to a hospital once they reach the Turkish port of Cesme.
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