TUNISIA: Tunisians at the border town of Ras Jder help people fleeing from violence in Libya

Record ID: 345991

  • Title: TUNISIA: Tunisians at the border town of Ras Jder help people fleeing from violence in Libya
  • Date: 26th February 2011
  • Summary: RAS JDER, TUNISIA-LIBYA BORDER, TUNISIA (FEBRUARY 25, 2011) (REUTERS) CONVOY OF TRUCKS AND BUSES AND CARS ARRIVING AT BORDER CROSSING SIGN ON CAR READING: 'SOLIDARITY CONVOY - OUR NATION IS ONE' PAN FROM EGYPTIAN WORKERS AT BORDER TO SHOW ROAD LEADING TO BORDER CROSSING POSTER ON WINDSHIELD SHOWING GADDAFI AND A ROPE FOR HANGING NEXT TO THE OLD LIBYAN FLAG/CONVOY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SAYED AHMED, COORDINATOR OF THE AID CONVOY, SAYING: "Just like we (Tunisians) have discovered we would like them to discover. The Libyans are our brothers and we are one and trust one another not just through words but through actions. We came from the north and brought with us all our Tunisian brothers so we can bring them money, equipment and our love and God willing we will be inside and stand with them." MEN CHANTING: 'GOD IS GREAT' VARIOUS OF SOLDIER WITH WHISTLE - CONVOY DRIVING INTO CROSSING VIEW OF CAMP SET UP BY TUNISIAN ARMY FOR EGYPTIAN WORKERS WHO HAD CROSSED TO TUNISIA AFTER LEAVING LIBYA VARIOUS OF EGYPTIANS SITTING CLOSE OF MAN TUNISIAN ARMY LOGO ON TRUCK VIEW OF ARMY TRUCKS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GHASSAN FROM EGYPT WHO HAD LEFT LIBYA, SAYING: "I was worried […] because there was gun fire and things were being set on fire." VARIOUS OF EGYPTIANS IN TENT EXTERIOR OF TENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) KHALED FORM EGYPT WHO HAD LEFT LIBYA, SAYING: "It was worrying in there. The army and soldiers were looking for Egyptians and we were scared." BAGS OUTSIDE TEN PILE OF BAGS VARIOUS OF MEN SITTING INSIDE TENT MEN SITTING ON GROUND TUNISIAN SOLDIERS WALKING BY TUNISIAN FLAG ON POLE AT CAMP
  • Embargoed: 13th March 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Tunisia, Tunisia
  • Country: Tunisia
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVAAZOVN5JSW0JLINHT6VEEPXT0H
  • Story Text: A Tunisian convoy arriving from northern Tunisia on Friday (February 25) entered the border crossing between Tunis and Libya in an effort to deliver medicine food and money into Libya.
    The convoy had posters of Gaddafi next to a hanging rope as well as the old Libyan flag which Gaddafi replaced with the all green flag in the 60s when he became the ruler of Libya.
    "Just like we (Tunisians) have discovered we would like them to discover. The Libyans are our brothers and we are one and trust one another not just through words but through actions. We came from the north and brought with us all our Tunisian brothers so we can bring them money, equipment and our love and God willing we will be inside and stand with them," Sayed Ahmed a coordinator for the aid convoy said.
    Hundreds of Egyptians woke up on Friday (February 25) at the camp grounds set up by the Tunisian army to accommodate Egyptian workers who left Libya to Tunis.
    The army provided the Egyptians with food and drink as well as tents to spend the night while they coordinated efforts to get the Egyptians back home to Egypt after they had left Libya.
    "I was worried […] because there was gun fire and things were being set on fire," said Ghassan from Egypt who was resident in Zawiyah.
    Zawiyah is strategically important and there were reports of violence erupting in the town that falls between Tripoli and Tunisia.
    "It was worrying in there. The army and soldiers were looking for Egyptians and we were scared," Khaled an Egyptian worker said.
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