Foreign Journalists Reportedly Being Used As Human Shields By Pro-Qaddafi Forces

Earlier today we reported the good news that the four New York Times journalists who were captured in Libya were released into safety, complete with a photo of them taken in the haven of the Turkish embassy.

But the good news didn’t last long. At least 13 other journalists are still missing in Libya, including reporters from Agence France Presse and Al Jazeera. To make matters more severe, Fox News is reporting that Qaddafi‘s regime brought reporters from Reuters and CNN to his compound in Tripoli Sunday night “to effectively use them as human shields.”

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