Hundreds of migrant workers stranded in Libya's war grouped forces Harbor Thursday evening outside the city under siege since February by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Battle lines cross through some of its neighborhoods. The Loyalists artillery or rocket batteries fire their ammunition in residential areas. Electricity is mostly cut off.
"We are 56 days," Fahed Mohammed, 50, said an agricultural workers from Egypt. "As you can see, are we sit only in the street."
"We want only to Libya, to leave", said another man, Aman Abdul Latif.
The workers fear was palpable. Some ships have to Misurata's docks migrant workers security stopped ferry. But still wait thousands of workers, not sure, if the series.
Unconfirmed estimates claim that more than 1,000 people have been killed during the siege of Misurata. Medical officials said at least 23 were killed and many more injured early Thursday when landed a flurry of 80 or more missiles in addition to the port. Could be broken and smoldering shipping container seen in the evening. Smoke rose at locations in the city.
Misurata Hospital offers toll for the fighting testimony. Outside a scene captured the rebels underdog status: a battered black limousine in the parking lot, his fender lured shattered headlights and front passenger seat and door coated in blood. The only weapon was a sword, below the driver's seat.
Inside, doctors and nurses huddled around the bed of Arwa Baawa, 6, was shaped by one in their torso and neck. A nurse touched her ankle, feel her pulse. The girl survived, but the sounds of gunfire outside and the occasional explosion in the night, made it clear that the siege of Misurata, was stranded there to many to be more casualties, and sufficient grounds for migrant workers, still along the road to the port, want to leave.
The Ionian spirit, a passenger ship chartered by an international organization, entered Misurata on Thursday afternoon with the order the workers after a almost passage of Benghazi 19 hours, to save the rebel capital in East Libya.
His task is urgent, said Jeremy R. A. Haslam, head of the crisis response team on board. A painted cruise ship, which is usually the Greek, Italian and Albanian coasts, was the Ionian spirit of the International Organization for migration, which hopes to collect at least 800 of more than 6,500 migrant workers, which have been caught have in Misurata GechartertDrittgr??te city of Libya.
For several weeks, which, together, was two roads to the port, which camped several thousand migrant workers have Mr. Haslam said. They had little food, water or medical care. Many are dehydrated, exhausted and sick.
Where are the workers for the return was not immediately clear Ionian spirit to Benghazi would be selected. Lord Haslam, said he and a group of aid workers people around on the street and working with a local Committee to try to evacuate those who most need identify massed survey would.
"It's like a moral dilemma," said Mr. Haslam. "How prioritize we?"
A man said it had amounted to. A few Libyans have pretended passage on ships, sell and then kept the workers money and disappeared, their victims in the same line left long and uncertain. The Ionian spirit Meanwhile planned its more than 400 tons of cargo, including food and medicine and hygiene unloaded delivers.
She hoped workers soon after, and then reverse loading his journey back to Benghazi, from where, after a short rest, the workers after Egypt, the next step in their repatriation would be dangers.
Other vessels with similar missions were also converge on Misurata, including at least two ships, which came close to the port before the Ionian spirit on Thursday, but decided after consultation with the field pounding barrages, remain offshore. Only the Ionian mind on down.
The ship journey began late Wednesday evening in Benghazi, where workers had spent the day on cargo.
There were no signs of weapons or ammunition on board. Also the ship transport fighters. It had only a small group: the crew, several aid and medical staff, and a cluster of journalists.
The ship variable-length lines and slipped out on calm seas at 10:30 am, gathering speed as it passed the dike.
War can create objectives and inappropriate scenes. This was both: a painted cruise ship Steaming towards a siege with a small and hastily assembled crew.
During the night and following day, retired as the ship rose and fell to a gentle swell that espresso machine in the panorama bar worked overtime, until the gathered group dwindled as seasickness claims its toll and several passengers in cabins be too sick.
On Thursday afternoon as the ship closer to Misurata, it had reports of fresh fighting. Crew and passengers alike wondered if the captain by daylight, dock - would wait for darkness or a total turn back.
"We said these people need to" Mr. Haslam. "I will not turn."
At 4 am was hardly visible in the distance, the spread of the bearings and the cranes of the flat wide who desert sea. Smoke rose into the air from within its borders.
4: 30 Had the decision was taken. The ship steamed toward the small hole in the dike, where a rebels waited controlled tug.
"Qadhafi go!" shouted pilots.
Once the boat at the pier out bound was, a handful of visitors to the city, which was driven, that fighters the rebels knew at least the basis for the Organization of the defence. Many of the rebels have, however, dug not even fighting positions in East Libya.
The scenes were different here. Rebels had berms used in addition to their checkpoints stacking earth moving equipment. Many roads have been barricaded with heavy trucks and pile of Earth. And steep obstacles have been made to slow down approaching tanks and armored vehicles and leave them more vulnerable to fire.
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