{"id":173313,"date":"2011-05-02T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2011\/05\/02\/libya-crisis-un-leaves-tripoli-amid-mob-attacks-220110-eng\/"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:45:40","slug":"libya-crisis-un-leaves-tripoli-amid-mob-attacks-220110-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/libya-crisis-un-leaves-tripoli-amid-mob-attacks-220110-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya crisis: UN leaves Tripoli amid mob attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The UN has withdrawn all its international staff from the Libyan capital Tripoli following a mob attack on its offices.<\/p>\n

UN buildings and some foreign missions were targeted by angry crowds following a Nato air strike that reportedly killed a son of Col Gaddafi.<\/p>\n

The UN says all its international staff have now left for Tunisia and the decision will be reviewed next week.<\/p>\n

After its Tripoli embassy was sacked, the UK expelled the Libyan ambassador.<\/p>\n

A BBC team in Tripoli said the British embassy was completely burnt out with fires still smouldering and paperwork and other debris scattered outside.<\/p>\n

In other developments, witnesses reported heavy shelling by pro-Gaddafi forces on the port of Misrata on Sunday. The city has been besieged for two months.<\/p>\n

Libyan state TV said the port was shelled to stop Nato delivering weapons to insurgents but rebels said an aid ship had been trying to unload.<\/p>\n

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said Libyan ambassador Omar Jelban had been given 24 hours to leave the country.<\/p>\n

By not protecting diplomatic missions, the Gaddafi regime had "once again breached its international responsibilities and obligations", said Mr Hague.<\/p>\n

He added: "The attacks against diplomatic missions will not weaken our resolve to protect the civilian population in Libya."<\/p>\n

The Italian foreign ministry condemned the "acts of vandalism" on its embassy, describing them as "grave and vile". Italy – which closed its embassy in March and is represented by Turkey – recently joined the Nato mission in Libya.<\/p>\n

There were also protests outside the US mission in Tripoli.<\/p>\n

A UN official said the Libyan government had apologised for the attack on its offices, blaming an angry mob for the damage.<\/p>\n

Most Western governments evacuated staff from Tripoli when an international coalition began air strikes on Libya several weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Late on Saturday, the Libyan government said Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and three of Col Gaddafi’s grandchildren had died in a Nato attack on a villa in Tripoli.<\/p>\n

Inside Britain’s burnt out embassy in Tripoli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign reporters were shown widespread damage to the building in Col Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.<\/p>\n

Nato has insisted its raid targeted a "command-and-control" building, and that all Nato targets were "military in nature".<\/p>\n

Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Col Gaddafi and his wife had been in the building at the time of the attack but they were both unharmed.<\/p>\n

He said the air strike was against international law and "a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country".<\/p>\n

Nato is operating in Libya under a strict UN mandate to protect civilians.<\/p>\n

Later on Sunday, Libyan state TV said funerals for Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and the other victims would be held on Monday after noon prayers.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Christian Fraser witnessed the damage and said that if Col Gaddafi had been there, it is hard to imagine he could have walked away unscathed.<\/p>\n

Russia expressed "serious doubts" that the West was not targeting Col Gaddafi and his family.<\/p>\n

"The claims of the coalition members that strikes over Libya do not have the physical destruction of Muammar Gaddafi and members of his family as their goal cause serious doubts," a statement from the foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n

In the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi, shots were fired in celebration following reports that Saif al-Arab Gaddafi had been killed.<\/p>\n

However, the claims were also treated with scepticism.<\/p>\n

Mahmoud Shammam, spokesman for the anti-Gaddafi Transitional National Council (TNC) based in Benghazi, told al-Jazeera he believed it was "a ploy to fish for people’s sympathy".<\/p>\n

Khaled al-Urfi, a resident of the rebel-held western city of Misrata, told AP news agency: "We don’t know if it is true or not because Gaddafi is a liar. I will only believe it if you put the body in front of me."<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Nato officials said the alliance would not consider talks until government forces stopped attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n

The vice-chairman of the rebel Transitional National Council also rejected the offer of negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The villa in Col Gaddafis compound was severely damaged in the strike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The UN has withdrawn all its international staff from the Libyan capital Tripoli following a mob attack on its offices.<\/p>\n

UN buildings and some foreign missions were targeted by angry crowds following a Nato air strike that reportedly killed a son of Col Gaddafi.<\/p>\n

The UN says all its international staff have now left for Tunisia and the decision will be reviewed next week.<\/p>\n

After its Tripoli embassy was sacked, the UK expelled the Libyan ambassador.<\/p>\n

A BBC team in Tripoli said the British embassy was completely burnt out with fires still smouldering and paperwork and other debris scattered outside.<\/p>\n

In other developments, witnesses reported heavy shelling by pro-Gaddafi forces on the port of Misrata on Sunday. The city has been besieged for two months.<\/p>\n

Libyan state TV said the port was shelled to stop Nato delivering weapons to insurgents but rebels said an aid ship had been trying to unload.<\/p>\n

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said Libyan ambassador Omar Jelban had been given 24 hours to leave the country.<\/p>\n

By not protecting diplomatic missions, the Gaddafi regime had "once again breached its international responsibilities and obligations", said Mr Hague.<\/p>\n

He added: "The attacks against diplomatic missions will not weaken our resolve to protect the civilian population in Libya."<\/p>\n

The Italian foreign ministry condemned the "acts of vandalism" on its embassy, describing them as "grave and vile". Italy – which closed its embassy in March and is represented by Turkey – recently joined the Nato mission in Libya.<\/p>\n

There were also protests outside the US mission in Tripoli.<\/p>\n

A UN official said the Libyan government had apologised for the attack on its offices, blaming an angry mob for the damage.<\/p>\n

Most Western governments evacuated staff from Tripoli when an international coalition began air strikes on Libya several weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Late on Saturday, the Libyan government said Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and three of Col Gaddafi’s grandchildren had died in a Nato attack on a villa in Tripoli.<\/p>\n

Inside Britain’s burnt out embassy in Tripoli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreign reporters were shown widespread damage to the building in Col Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound.<\/p>\n

Nato has insisted its raid targeted a "command-and-control" building, and that all Nato targets were "military in nature".<\/p>\n

Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said Col Gaddafi and his wife had been in the building at the time of the attack but they were both unharmed.<\/p>\n

He said the air strike was against international law and "a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country".<\/p>\n

Nato is operating in Libya under a strict UN mandate to protect civilians.<\/p>\n

Later on Sunday, Libyan state TV said funerals for Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and the other victims would be held on Monday after noon prayers.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s Christian Fraser witnessed the damage and said that if Col Gaddafi had been there, it is hard to imagine he could have walked away unscathed.<\/p>\n

Russia expressed "serious doubts" that the West was not targeting Col Gaddafi and his family.<\/p>\n

"The claims of the coalition members that strikes over Libya do not have the physical destruction of Muammar Gaddafi and members of his family as their goal cause serious doubts," a statement from the foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n

In the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi, shots were fired in celebration following reports that Saif al-Arab Gaddafi had been killed.<\/p>\n

However, the claims were also treated with scepticism.<\/p>\n

Mahmoud Shammam, spokesman for the anti-Gaddafi Transitional National Council (TNC) based in Benghazi, told al-Jazeera he believed it was "a ploy to fish for people’s sympathy".<\/p>\n

Khaled al-Urfi, a resident of the rebel-held western city of Misrata, told AP news agency: "We don’t know if it is true or not because Gaddafi is a liar. I will only believe it if you put the body in front of me."<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Nato officials said the alliance would not consider talks until government forces stopped attacks on civilians.<\/p>\n

The vice-chairman of the rebel Transitional National Council also rejected the offer of negotiations.<\/p>\n

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