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Filipino Priest Warns that the Lives of 13,000 Filipinos in Libya are in Danger
AsiaNews ^ | 7/26/14

Posted on 07/28/2014 5:45:49 AM PDT by marshmallow

Fr Amado Baranquel, pastor at Tripoli's Church of Mary Immaculate, appeals to his government after Islamists killed a 50-year-old Filipino "for not being a Muslim." The cities of "Benghazi and Tripoli are under the control of militias," with "tanks, the gunshots, and explosions."

Manila (AsiaNews/CBCP) - As Libya's political crisis plunges the country into ever greater chaos, a Filipino priest in Tripoli urges his government to ensure the safety of some 13,000 Filipinos trapped in the country.

Fr Amado Baranquel, pastor of the Church of Mary Immaculate in the Libyan capital, issued his appeal after radical Islamists killed a Filipino in Benghazi "for not being a Muslim."

The victim was a 50-year-old construction worker who was abducted and killed on Wednesday.

This has caused panic among Filipinos in Libya who are unable to leave because ports and airports have been destroyed.

(Excerpt) Read more at asianews.it ...


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1 posted on 07/28/2014 5:45:49 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Yo there!

Mr Pope, yer high holiness!!

Awake yet??? Didn’t think so.


2 posted on 07/28/2014 6:05:33 AM PDT by Flintlock (Deport them ALLLL!)
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To: marshmallow

I bet they are

Shouldn’t have gone there

get out now


3 posted on 07/28/2014 6:24:22 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

How?


4 posted on 07/28/2014 6:27:46 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Combined US Senate & House has completely lost its voice, its compass, its patriotism & its soul!)
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To: MinuteGal
How? Dunkirk style.

Have the Pope put out a call for NATO to provide cover for volunteer Christians with fishing vessels able to get close enough to shore to pick up Christians (NO Muslims) and bring them to where they can get transport back to their home countries.

5 posted on 07/28/2014 6:32:25 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: marshmallow
The last time round Malta took boat loads of people trying to escape from Libya.

I expect they will do it again.

6 posted on 07/28/2014 6:40:33 AM PDT by mware
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To: marshmallow

If they weren’t all hiding in an abandoned disco club they’d be dead already.


7 posted on 07/28/2014 6:40:51 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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