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OPM email blunder reveals MSF evacuation charter to Misurata
UPDATE 2 | An email sent out by Malta’s defence matters director to senior government officials, was inadvertently sent out to this paper, revealing Medcines Sans Frontieres humanitarian aid charter from Malta to Misurata and Tobruk in Libya.
16 April 2011, 12:00am
Karl Stagno-Navarra
Karl Stagno-Navarra
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The email, signed by Vanessa Frazier, the director of defence matters at the Office of the Prime Minister, revealed how coalition forces were alerted by Malta to to “provide protection” for Malta-flagged Virtu’ Ferries catamaran ‘MV San Pawl’ that carried out out a voyage to war-torn Misurata in Libya.
The catamaran has been chartered by Medcines Sans Frontieres and has transported tonnes of humanitarian aid to Misurata, and has taken a number of Libyan civilian evacuees and landed them this morning in Zarzis, Tunisia.
Many injured have been transported on board the MV San Pawl and are being transferred at this time to hospitals in Tunisia for further treatment.
The email sent by Vanessa Frazier was sent to AFM’s senior officer Harold Stivala, Civil Protection director Patrick Murgo and the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Edgar Galea Curmi.
Sources in Zarzis have told MaltaToday that the MV San Pawl did not berth inside the harbour, and the port authorities have been using a boat owned by Hannibal Gaddafi called the 'Aline 1' for transboarding the evacuees and injured to shore.
Mark Fenech •
Dak mhux zball xejn, dak biss ftit pr.
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what is so newsworthy about this? everybody knows that there is a maritime embargo to our south. Everybody knows there are humanitarian aid working out of Malta. at least we now know that someone is doing their job
George Zammit •
So someone screwed up. The fact that this paper knew the email was sent by mistake, yet still published it like some sort of "scoop" says more about this paper than anyone else.
Throwing around sensitive information like this prejudices future rescue missions. You should have kept it quiet. Anyone remember the WW2 slogan "Loose lips sink ships"?
Joseph Pellicano •
din froga ohra bhal ta pbo
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Government officials and ruling party officials need to be given a course to show them how to check who they are sending e-mails to...LOL
