Libyan women fleeing Ajdabiya describe ordeal

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 12 years ago
Many Libyan women left their husbands and brothers behind in Ajdabiya to fight against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Some of them who fled to Benghazi described how Gaddafi's troops kidnapped children and the elderly to be used as human shields.

Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports. (09 April 2011)

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