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Journalists trapped in Syria ask for assistance. Above is a video from wounded French journalist Edith Bouvier. In English:

I need to be operated on as soon as possible. The doctors here have treated us very well, as well as they are able to, but they cannot perform surgical operations so I need a ceasefire to be imposed as soon as possible, a vehicle that has medical supplies or at least that is in a good enough state to be able to take us to Lebanon, and an operation as soon as possible.

The rest of the video features a Syrian doctor, Mohammed Al-Mohammed, who has frequently appeared in videos from Homs, who details her injuries (in Arabic) and reiterates her need for assistance.

A similar video is up for British photographer Paul Conroy, a colleague of the late Marie Colvin’s at the Sunday Times. He says:

Obviously any assistance that can be given by government agencies would be welcome and we’ll work on the same premise on the ground.

[Guardian]

9:47 am  •  23 February 2012  •  72 notes