Nigerian Women Among Victim of Gang Rape by Libyan Rebels in Refugee Camps

When the sun sets on the refugee camp for black Africans that has sprung up at
the marina in this town six miles west of Tripoli, the women here brace for the
worst.

The rebels who ring the camp suddenly open fire. Then they race
into the camp, shouting “gabbour, gabbour” – Arabic for whore – and haul away
young women, residents say.

“You should be here in the evening, when
they come in firing their guns and taking people,” one woman from Nigeria said
Wednesday as she recounted the nightly raids on the camp. “They don’t use
condoms, they use whatever they can find,” she said, pointing to a discarded
plastic bag in a pile of trash. As she spoke, other women standing nearby nodded
in agreement.

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