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March 10, 2011 04:42 am PST
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BBC newsteam kidnapped, hooded and beaten by Gadaffi's forces
A team of BBC journalists in Libya were kidnapped by security forces loyal to the Gadaffis. They were hooded, imprisoned, beaten, and subject to repeated mock-executions. While imprisoned, they witnessed horrific torture of rebels who'd been captured by Gadaffi's forces. One of the three, Chris Cobb-Smith, said: "We were lined up against the wall. I was the last in line - facing the wall. "I looked and I saw a plain-clothes guy with a small sub-machine gun. He put it to everyone's neck. I saw him and he screamed at me. "Then he walked up to me, put the gun to my neck and pulled the trigger twice. The bullets whisked past my ear. The soldiers just laughed." A second member of the team - Feras Killani, a correspondent of Palestinian descent - is said to have been singled out for repeated beatings. Their captors told him they did not like his reporting of the Libyan popular uprising and accused him of being a spy. The third member of the team, cameraman Goktay Koraltan, said they were all convinced they were going to die. Gaddafi forces beat up BBC team Libya: Eyes on Benghazi - Boing Boing Libya Calling - Boing Boing Operation "Libya White Fax" - Boing Boing Libya: conflict extends to hospitals - Boing Boing Glued to events in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain - Boing Boing Libya's UN mission asks world to defend Libyans from Gadaffi ... Poignant quote from student rebels in Libya - Boing Boing Following the Libyan uprising - Boing Boing Libya: Audio interview w/ man dodging gunfire as militias attack ... Report: military aircraft are firing at protestors in Libya ... Mystery behind two Libyan fighter jets landing in Malta, revealed ......
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