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live now to claudia gazzini, senior analyst for libya at the international crisis group.ause i was there to months ago and it was lively, shops, but the derna i saw on thursday is just an empty area of murdered, sand, concrete buildings piling up, buildings which have been flattened. it is a vast area, several square kilometres. the immensity can't be described. amid all this rubble and debris, there are rescue workers of at least six countries. i think the number has gone up. a lot of libyan rescue workers still digging in a very simple way in the houses. if there is a family, somebody alive and knows their relatives are still missing and they were located in a certain building, 18 goes and helps them to try and take and find the bodies. and bulldozers trying to move rubble. it is bodies. and bulldozers trying to move rubble.— move rubble. it is really tragic. tell me more _ move rubble. it is really tragic. tell me more about _ move rubble. it is really tragic. tell me more about what - move rubble. it is really tragic. tell me more about what else l move rubble. it is

a short while ago, i spoke to claudia gazzini from the international crisis group, who is on the groundn libya. welcome to you. thank you for taking the time to be with us. to begin with. paint a picture for us of what you have been seeing on the ground there? well, what i saw in derna today is a devastated city, obviously. i was in derna two months ago, and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this river bank. what i saw today was completely different. 6—storey buildings, delap —— dilapidated. what was once a creek, now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there. and we're talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plain now. i saw rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes and even the boy scouts who were huddled up in a small little for someone who was possibly in that ruin or that tragic night. i saw rescue teams. i saw a lot of patience, many of whom had lost seven or eight relatives. i saw a city and a country come

live now to claudia gazzini, a senior analyist for the international crisis group in libya. you. thank you for taking the time to be with us to begin with. claudia, paint a picture for us of what you have been seeing on the ground? well, what i saw today was a devastated city, obviously. i was in turn are two months ago and it was a lively city where restaurants were open, where people would walk along this river bank. —— derna. what i saw today was completely different. 6—story buildings dilapidated or disappeared. what was once a creek is now a 200 metre wide opening. buildings are no longer there and we are talking about hundreds of buildings that are completely flattened. it's a mud plane now. i sigh rescue teams, a lot of libyan rescue teams, the real heroes, the boy scouts who are huddled up in a small little room still digging in the mud looking for possibly five people that were in that room on that tragic night. i saw rescue teams as well. i saw a lot of patience amongst the libyans. many of whom had lost seven, eight relatives but to instill still there helping wit