here for those of you not like Libya's own pocket to know a current map with the locations and positions of the fighting in the east.
in Misurata, it is now gone round - during the day several reports that the city was umizngelt, hefitge fighting in the city, but in the end it looks as if the insurgents have established .
If you the latest news from the East to be believed (and then tell BBC / CNN reporter), it is the insurgents from the East managed to penetrate Ras Lanuf and to bring the airport in their control. The airport itself deserves its name probably not real (see also http://hdintripolis.blogspot.com/2010/08/mobiler-flughafen.html ), but it is a strategic point. In Ras Lanuf is the largest refinery in the country, which is to be expanded since 2007 by using the "Star" consortium. With 220 t b / d output is produced in Ras Lanuf the fuel for a good part of the country - the next largest refinery in Zawyah exists - there is also a point of clashes between rebels and pro troops.
Any foreigner can leave Libya: This includes the commercial / technical staff, but of course the so-called TCNs (Third Country Nationals), so the skilled and unskilled workers to hundreds of thousands of construction sites in country have worked. Largest population group were the Egyptians, of which there are an estimated one million in the country / gab. The situation on the border with Tunisia is very tense. Yesterday even the Chinese have announced that they will cease work on the railroad and to stop all their work. At first they still thought which would move the head "by dipping" and.
The last few days in Tripoli were marked by chaos at the airport: At first there were all regular Flights - British Midland slebts launched its maiden flight on the route London-Tripoli midst of the chaos. Austrian Airlines has announced
relatively quickly that it would stop the flights, because the machines would be half empty. No wonder: it took several hours so they came up from the parking lot in the hall (if one was allowed to enter). And without a valid ticket, anyway, there were not admitted. So a bizarre situation: thousands of people emigrate, überbüchte pilots, but the seats were empty. Then came the statement that you would sell tickets at the airport, too - well, since I can only say: Good luck! A person leading the ticket sales by - only for cash, and there were already booked seats on a flight later only one week. In the first photo you see the line at the ticket counter - the ticket is issued for a person took in about 15 minutes. This could not all go out ....
Lufthansa's management has indeed given everything at the airport, but was totally overwhelmed by the situation.