tinmenace
26-07-2007, 02:39 PM
Medics freed after Libya-EU deal
(CNN) -- Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia on Tuesday after spending eight-and-a-half years in prison in Libya.
The medics, who were sentenced to life in prison for contaminating children with the AIDS virus but now maintain their innocence, arrived on board a French presidential plane after the EU agreed a deal with Libya on medical aid and political ties.
The round of negotiations that freed the medics began over the weekend and involved European Union commissioner for foreign affairs, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, chief French presidential aide Claude Gueant and French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy.
The group, accompanied from Libya by Cecilia Sarkozy, was immediately greeted by a delegation of government officials and family members.
Full Article (http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/24/bulgaria.nurses/index.html#cnnSTCText)
I kept these newspaper clippings from the International Herald Tribune - December 2006. Interesting how different the news is outside of the USA comparing to the claptrap we're fed here. The first time I learned about this case was during an overseas trip last year. It didn't even feature in our papers back home.
(Large scanned images, so just follow the link to read the article). See the Halliburton connection :mad:
First half of article (http://www.globalfailure.com/images/haliburton-nurses-libya.jpg)
Second half of article (http://www.globalfailure.com/images/haliburton-nurses-libya2.jpg)
This from Wikipedia:
Well over 400 children were infected with HIV at the El-Fath Children's Hospital. Some are receiving treatment in Europe. The death toll so far has surpassed 50.
On July 24 at 06:29am CEST, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced that French and European representatives had obtained the extradition of the six prisoners (and release of the Bulgarian doctor, who had been sentenced to four years' imprisonment but kept in Libya without a visa).
http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74323.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74270.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74271.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74273.jpg
From left to right: Ashraf Ahmad Djuma al-Hadjudj, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Nenova, Valya Chervenyashka
http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74274.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74272.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74275.jpg
From left to right: Snezhana Dimitrova, Valentina Siropulo, Zdravko Georgiev
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_trial_in_Libya)
(CNN) -- Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia on Tuesday after spending eight-and-a-half years in prison in Libya.
The medics, who were sentenced to life in prison for contaminating children with the AIDS virus but now maintain their innocence, arrived on board a French presidential plane after the EU agreed a deal with Libya on medical aid and political ties.
The round of negotiations that freed the medics began over the weekend and involved European Union commissioner for foreign affairs, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, chief French presidential aide Claude Gueant and French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy.
The group, accompanied from Libya by Cecilia Sarkozy, was immediately greeted by a delegation of government officials and family members.
Full Article (http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/24/bulgaria.nurses/index.html#cnnSTCText)
I kept these newspaper clippings from the International Herald Tribune - December 2006. Interesting how different the news is outside of the USA comparing to the claptrap we're fed here. The first time I learned about this case was during an overseas trip last year. It didn't even feature in our papers back home.
(Large scanned images, so just follow the link to read the article). See the Halliburton connection :mad:
First half of article (http://www.globalfailure.com/images/haliburton-nurses-libya.jpg)
Second half of article (http://www.globalfailure.com/images/haliburton-nurses-libya2.jpg)
This from Wikipedia:
Well over 400 children were infected with HIV at the El-Fath Children's Hospital. Some are receiving treatment in Europe. The death toll so far has surpassed 50.
On July 24 at 06:29am CEST, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced that French and European representatives had obtained the extradition of the six prisoners (and release of the Bulgarian doctor, who had been sentenced to four years' imprisonment but kept in Libya without a visa).
http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74323.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74270.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74271.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74273.jpg
From left to right: Ashraf Ahmad Djuma al-Hadjudj, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Nenova, Valya Chervenyashka
http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74274.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74272.jpg http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2006-12/74275.jpg
From left to right: Snezhana Dimitrova, Valentina Siropulo, Zdravko Georgiev
LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_trial_in_Libya)