Shortages "killing patients" in Libya siege hospital

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/02/uk-libya-idUKTRE76Q30I20111002

(Reuters) - People wounded in fighting in Libya's besieged city of Sirte are dying on the operating table because fuel for the hospital generator has run out, medical workers fleeing a worsening humanitarian crisis in the city said on Sunday.

The birth-place of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Sirte is one of two towns still holding out against the country's new rulers and civilians are caught in the middle of fierce fighting now in its third week.

The interim government, or National Transitional Council (NTC), declared a two-day truce to allow civilians to escape, but people emerging from the city said they knew nothing of the cease-fire, and that the shooting had not stopped.

"Doctors start operating, then the power goes. They have a few litres of fuel for the generators, then the lights go out when they operate," said a man who gave his name as Al-Sadiq, who said he ran the dialysis unit at Sirte's main hospital.

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1. They're not "civilians" to be protected under UN Resolution 1973

People in Loyalist areas are all evil and fair game, and are to be regarded as the upholders of tyranny, just as those in Rebel areas are innocent peaceniks, even if armed and in open insurrection.

It's quite simple when you adopt the Obama-is-perfect mindset: what we do is good, and what they do is bad; anything seemingly bad resulting from our actions is a misinterpretation, and saying otherwise is an affront to all that's good and pure.

Quite simple, really...

Everything ugly that happens as a result of this intervention will still be Qaddafi's fault.