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12.00pm: The French news magazine Le Point is running a graphic and seemingly credible account from a French doctor who was working at Benghazi's main hospital. Gérard Buffet, an anaesthetist at Benghazi Medical Centre for 18 months, said he had witnessed "hell". His hospital had seen at least 2,000 deaths, with protesters attacked with firearms and then mortar and artillery. Here is a translation of some of his first person account, given following his return to France:
We have been to hell ... The forces of oppression included the police and army, but also mercenaries from Chad and Nigeria, trained in the depths of the Sahara and very well equipped and armed. We saw them going past in 4x4s, armed to the teeth, a very impressive sight. It was impossible to know how many there were – some said 5,000, others 50,000...
Benghazi was attacked on Thursday. On the first day our ambulances brought in 75 dead; the second day 200; then more than 500 ... At first they were firing at people's legs and midriffs, then at their chests and heads. Then we saw mortars and anti-aircraft artillery fired directly into the crowd. It was carnage – people burned, blown to pieces. In total I think there have been more than 2,000 deaths, and (the injured) filled two 1,500-bed hospitals... During those days I saw warfare. In Benghazi there were snipers everywhere. I found myself face down in the street – it was carnage.
Gadaffi wäre ein interessanter Fall für den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof, wenn dieser zuständig wäre.