Libya's military is increasingly distant from Muammar al-Gaddafi. Two pilots of the Air Force flew their fighter planes to Malta and have applied for asylum there. The soldiers refused orders to shoot at demonstrators. Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi clings to power, and uses military force against its own people.
But not all soldiers to obey orders Gaddafi - and two pilots have even stopped by the armed forces in order not to fire on their countrymen have to. The two soldiers flown in by two fighter jets of the Libyan air force on Monday to the International airport in the Mediterranean country of Malta.
At 16.32 local time clock are the two jets of the type Mirage F1 landed, told the Malta Independent "in its online edition. After matching what several media began only a few minutes later the attack of the Libyan armed forces on demonstrators in the Libyan capital Tripoli. The Arabic news channel al-Jazeera reported that the pilot was ordered to attack demonstrators in the city of Benghazi.
According to the Times of Malta "were the pilots after the start in Libya about to execute their orders. But then they changed their decision and decided to fly to the airport near the town of Malta Luqa. From Tripoli to Malta, there are about 350 kilometers. Deserters killed in Libya, the newspaper Times of Malta reported on its website, the two pilots had asked for permission to land to fuel shortages.
After landing, both pilots applied for official Maltese claims to political asylum. The Office of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, processed according to the Malta Star, "the asylum application. The paper said to be killed in Libya deserters. The two men, both apparently in the rank of colonel, were taken into custody by police and questioned by Maltese immigration officials.
They claimed to have been stationed at the airbase Okba Ben Nafi near Tripoli. According to initial findings was her portrayal true, wrote the Times of Malta ". This does seem to confirm that the Libyan air force is actually used to suppress the protests by force. The two fighter planes were parked on the part of the runway, which is not used for commercial air traffic.
Maltese security forces guarding the Jets. The Times of Malta ", according to said Libyans who were at the Malta airport, it was not the first time that such equipment for attacks on civilians had been used. The description of the fighter jets coincided with the descriptions of friends and acquaintances from the Libyan city of Benghazi, which provides that such aircraft had been used to shoot protesters.
It is also not the first time that pilots have stopped and sought refuge in another country. About an hour before the fighters arrived at the airport two civilian helicopters. On board were apparently seven people who were working on behalf of an Italian company in Libya. According to the Times of Malta "they were so hastily flown out of Libya, that only one of the passengers had a pass there.
But not all soldiers to obey orders Gaddafi - and two pilots have even stopped by the armed forces in order not to fire on their countrymen have to. The two soldiers flown in by two fighter jets of the Libyan air force on Monday to the International airport in the Mediterranean country of Malta.
At 16.32 local time clock are the two jets of the type Mirage F1 landed, told the Malta Independent "in its online edition. After matching what several media began only a few minutes later the attack of the Libyan armed forces on demonstrators in the Libyan capital Tripoli. The Arabic news channel al-Jazeera reported that the pilot was ordered to attack demonstrators in the city of Benghazi.
According to the Times of Malta "were the pilots after the start in Libya about to execute their orders. But then they changed their decision and decided to fly to the airport near the town of Malta Luqa. From Tripoli to Malta, there are about 350 kilometers. Deserters killed in Libya, the newspaper Times of Malta reported on its website, the two pilots had asked for permission to land to fuel shortages.
After landing, both pilots applied for official Maltese claims to political asylum. The Office of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, processed according to the Malta Star, "the asylum application. The paper said to be killed in Libya deserters. The two men, both apparently in the rank of colonel, were taken into custody by police and questioned by Maltese immigration officials.
They claimed to have been stationed at the airbase Okba Ben Nafi near Tripoli. According to initial findings was her portrayal true, wrote the Times of Malta ". This does seem to confirm that the Libyan air force is actually used to suppress the protests by force. The two fighter planes were parked on the part of the runway, which is not used for commercial air traffic.
Maltese security forces guarding the Jets. The Times of Malta ", according to said Libyans who were at the Malta airport, it was not the first time that such equipment for attacks on civilians had been used. The description of the fighter jets coincided with the descriptions of friends and acquaintances from the Libyan city of Benghazi, which provides that such aircraft had been used to shoot protesters.
It is also not the first time that pilots have stopped and sought refuge in another country. About an hour before the fighters arrived at the airport two civilian helicopters. On board were apparently seven people who were working on behalf of an Italian company in Libya. According to the Times of Malta "they were so hastily flown out of Libya, that only one of the passengers had a pass there.
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