Oil workers in Libya: 'Stop dragging your heels, Mr Cameron'

A SCOTTISH oil worker trapped in a desert camp in Libya with hundreds of other foreign nationals has urged David Cameron to "stop dragging your heels" and organise a rescue.

Jim Coyle, from Erskine, Renfrewshire, said up to 40 German workers had been airlifted to safety, but about 700 staff, including some 100 Britons, remained in the camp.

They were in fear of their lives as men were "running around with AK-47s".

Conditions were "very, very bad," he said, with poor sanitation, a shortage of fresh water and limited supplies of food.

Mr Coyle said he had provided the Foreign Office with the co-ordinates of his camp, which was near a large airstrip. He demanded to know why the Prime Minister was not doing more to get them out.

Mr Coyle last night told Mr Cameron: "I wish you were here face to face with me and then you would realise the situation we are all in."

He said: "Me and the rest of the guys are trying to hold them all together. But they keep asking, When are the planes coming?"