A new report has been released by three Middle Eastern human rights groups to detail the results of a “fact-finding mission” to post-Gadhafi Libya. The report was unique in looking not only at human rights violations by the former regime, but also by the NATO forces that attacked the nation.
And as has been the case on those rare occasions when an NGO has cared to look, NATO’s behavior in Libya is far less rosy than the alliance claims it to be. The report points to major human rights violations and war crimes committed during the hostilities.
The deadliest single incident considered a war crime was in Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, where NATO warplanes killed “approximately 47 civilians” in an attack on September 15. They also faulted NATO for listing public schools and food distribution centers as “military targets” and then bombing them.
In addition to the killings by NATO, the report also faulted the National Transitional Council (NTC) on a number of fronts, particularly the destruction of the town of Tawergha, once 30,000 people, which is now a ghost town since its capture by Misrata rebels.
Do you think anybody is really going to care? Honestly? I don't see much of anything besides apathy. People in America and Europe just don't care anymore and haven't since Bush got out of office.
Idk, maybe a Gingrich presidency is the only thing that will shake former civil libertarians and former antiwar activists out of hteir apathy but as it stands I just don't think anyone cares.
Notice that a) the only link to a news organization above is to a British newspaper. And b) try going to cnn.com to try to find this story. Good luck with that. They have a special section on "the new Libya". The closest I found in a quick survey was a story on "Libya's accidental child victims". This is about children who were accidently injured by playing with some of the weapons that US/Nato policy has made certain were in abundance in Libya.
The point being , realize you are being lied to, sometimes just by omission. The best solution is to completely turn off CNN, FAUX, MSNBC and the rest. Most tv's have Favorites lists or Parental Blocking controls to allow you to do just that. You'll be both happier and better informed if you block these channels from your home or business. And don't even bother with American newspapers.
PS … perhaps the reason that most Americans don't seem to care is because if you live in America you generally have to work just to even find out about this. Try talking to your fellow citizens … don't be judgemental on how they feel about this … instead, just simply try to find out if they even know about it.
To lie and deliberatly murder its leader and its citizens destroy the country for the sake of its oii just as what Adolf Hitler did in europe. These "leaders" are getting away with it "Disgusting" excuse for humans.
Normaly when they come out with numbers of civilians killed it's wise to put a zero on the end, but in this case I think you could put two zeros on and be more accurate.