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Libyan Soccer Stadium Becomes Safe Haven for Fleeing Turks

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 21, 2011
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The soccer stadium in the Libyan city of Benghazi has become a safe haven for thousands of Turks seeking to flee the Libyan regime’s brutal attempts to put down a popular revolt seeking to oust Col. Moammar Gadaffi from power.

Turks in the stadium said they could hear fire fights and explosions in the distance. They said children in Libya’s second larges…

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