Aircraft carrier left us to die, migrants say

ARNO* ART LIBRE 10/05/2011

Aircraft carrier left us to die, migrants say | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/08/nato-ship-libyan-migrants

A boat carrying 72 passengers, including several women, young children and political refugees, ran into trouble in late March after leaving Tripoli for the Italian island of Lampedusa. Despite alarms being raised with the Italian coastguard and the boat making contact with a military helicopter and a warship, no rescue effort was attempted.
All but 11 of those on board died from thirst and hunger after their vessel was left to drift in open waters for 16 days. “Every morning we would wake up and find more bodies, which we would leave for 24 hours and then throw overboard,” said Abu Kurke, one of only nine survivors. “By the final days, we didn’t know ourselves … everyone was either praying, or dying.”

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