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发帖数: 8422 | 1 王小东围脖：埃及撤侨惊爆让领导先走丑闻
作者: st_aster 发布日期: 2011-2-02 查看数: 3678 出自: http://www.fyjs.cn
王小东围脖地址：http://t.sina.com.cn/1403497553/60L0y7pCfaP
@王小东：美国版的“让领导先走”：一架美国军用飞机从塞浦路斯接走了42名美国驻
埃及使馆官员及其家属，而撤滞留埃及美国公民的飞机要在此之后才能到——美联社
taunton daily gazette原文地址：http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/sto ... mp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
网友拓拔玉在美国中文网上也发现此新闻：http://www.sinovision.net/index. ... &news_id=160258
CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo's international airport was a scene of chaos and
confusion Monday as thousands of foreigners sought to flee the unrest in
Egypt and countries around the world scrambled to send in planes to fly
their citizens out.Nerves frayed, shouting matches erupted and some
passengers even had a fistfight as thousands crammed into Cairo airport's
new Terminal 3 seeking a flight home. The airport's departures board stopped
announcing flight times in an attempt to reduce tensions - but the plan
backfired, fueling passengers' anger.Making matters worse, check-in counters
were poorly staffed because many EgyptAir employees had been unable to get
to work due to a 3 p.m.-to-8 a.m. curfew and traffic breakdowns across the
Egyptian capital."It's an absolute zoo, what a mess," said Justine
Khanzadian, 23, a graduate student from the American University of Cairo. "I
decided to leave because of the protests, the government here is just not
stable enough to stay."A U.S. military plane landed at Larnaca Airport in
Cyprus on ferrying 42 U.S. Embassy officials and their dependents from Egypt
. The U.S. Embassy in Nicosia said at least one more plane was expected
Monday with about 180 people. U.S. officials have said it will take several
flights over the coming days to fly out the thousands of Americans who want
to leave Egypt.In Cairo, EgyptAir resumed its flights Monday morning after a
roughly 14-hour break because of the curfew and its inability to field
enough crew. Over 20 hours, only 26 of about 126 EgyptAir flights operated,
airport officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were
not authorized to brief the media.By midday, an announcement filtered
through the crowd instructing groups of Danish, German, Chinese, British and
Canadian passengers that their governments had sent planes to evacuate them
- causing a stampede to the gates.The officials said many countries were
working to evacuate their citizens, with Turkey sending four flights, Israel
and Russia sending two planes each and the Czech Republic one. They said
those additional flights had helped ease the airport's restless crowds but
the gains were short-lived as other foreigners and Egyptians poured in.Greek
petroleum employee Markos Loukogiannakis, who arrived in Athens on a flight
carrying 181 passengers including 65 U.S. citizens, said confusion reigned
at Cairo airport and travelers had to negotiate a string of checkpoints to
even get there."In a 22-kilometer (14-mile) route from our suburb to the
airport we had to get through 19 checkpoints, including nine manned by
civilians," he said. "There were lots of people gathering at the airport and
it was very difficult to get in."He said security had deteriorated sharply
over the past three days in Cairo after police withdrew from the streets."
There was a wave of attacks by criminal elements who engaged in burglaries
and wrecked shops and banks. There was a lot of shooting and residents took
up the burden of protecting their property," he said.In a geopolitical shift
, even Iraq decided it would evacuate its citizens, sending three planes to
Egypt - including the prime minister's plane - to bring home for free all
those who wish to return. Thousands of Iraqis had once fled to Egypt to
escape the violence in their own country.About 800 Iraqis had left Cairo by
Monday afternoon, said Capt. Mohammed al-Moussawi, a crew member for the
prime minister's office. He said the flights would continue until all those
who wished to return had done so.Nearly 320 Indian nationals were evacuated
from Cairo to Mumbai on board a special Air India flight and another 275
expected to reach Mumbai later in the day. An Azerbaijan flight carrying 80
adults, 23 children and the body of an Azeri Embassy accountant killed in
the unrest arrived in Baku.China sent two planes and was sending two more
charter flights Tuesday to help pick up an estimated 500 Chinese stranded in
Cairo. It issued a warning urging citizens not travel to Egypt had embassy
personnel hand out food and water to Chinese passengers at the airport.That
echoed earlier warnings from Britain, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and
the Czech Republic, which all advised against all nonessential travel to
Egypt. Many European tour companies canceled trips to the country until Feb.
23, others left the cancellations open until further notice.One big
question was what to do with the tens of thousands of tourists in other
parts of Egypt. Tour operators say they will fly home all their customers
this week when their holidays end, or on extra flights, stressing there has
not been any unrest in Red Sea resort cities like Hurghada or Sharm el-Sheik
.Britain estimated there were around 30,000 U.K. tourists and long-term
residents in Egypt, but said Monday it has no plans to evacuate British
citizens. Foreign Secretary William Hague has advised against all but
essential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez.Polish Foreign
Ministry spokesman Marcin Bosacki, however, said food shortages were
starting to be felt at Egyptian resorts and some restaurants were refusing
to serve foreigners.He said the Polish airline LOT would fly to Cairo on
Tuesday to bring back those hoping to return but added there was no
immediate need for an evacuation.Indonesia was sending a plane to Cairo to
start evacuating some 6,150 Indonesian citizens - mostly students and
workers - and SAS Denmark said it would fly home some 60 Danes stranded at
Cairo airport.The Danish company shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S
chartered a plane to pick up relatives of its Danish employees in Egypt, the
Danish Embassy said. The company itself said there were no terminal
operations in Egypt on Monday and the Maersk Line, Safmarine and Damco
offices were closed.Air France canceled its daily flight from Paris to Cairo
on Monday and planned to increase its capacity Tuesday by an extra 200
seats to help bring passengers back to France.Portugal sent a C-130 military
transport plane to evacuate its citizens and Greece was sending three C-130
military transport planes to Alexandria on Tuesday for evacuations.----
Hadjicostis reported from Nicosia, Cyprus. Staff in Associated Press bureaus
around the world contributed to this report.© 2011 The Associated
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