I have been watching this situation unfold and it brings back some strong memories of when I was a little girl caught up in the first military coup involving Colonel Gaddaffi in 1969. My dad was stationed at RAF El Adem and we lived in Tobruk, as did King Idris who was overthrown by Gaddaffi and thrown into exile.
It was a scary place to be living at the time, a strict curfew was imposed and we weren't allowed to go out but whilst laying in bed at night could hear the screams of many arab people being shot outside in Arab Square. Fortunately, although on the last flight, my family was safely evacuated back to the UK but the arabic caretaker of our block of flats wasn't as lucky. He was decapitated for being associated with the British ...................
I hope that they manage to get the guys out that are currently stuck in the desert, it's not a good place to be right now
