Reply #135: Post by a Libyan on AJE blog about Heinz [View All]

For all those who doubt Gerhard, take a look at my name. I left Benghazi right before the invasion in March. My family had already lived through some terrifying stuff and some of them stayed while others left. I found Gerhard's posts on the AJE blogs and soon realized that anything he was sure about was confirmed about 48 hours later on the news. If he isn't sure, he says so! As far as his English goes, I live in Libya and I am not a native Arabic speaker, so he has all my respect for putting himself out there using English, not his first language, to keep us informed. God bless Gerhard, there is nothing worse than knowing that people in your family could be dead and having no way of finding out. His reports are most of what kept me sane when there was no phone or internet in eastern Libya. Gerhard is also part of the reason that we felt it safe enough to come home. For some of you, this blog is just a hobby, but for people like me it really means something. Reliable information is hard to come by and highly appreciated.