The reliability of NATO’s air strike targeting in the ongoing war in Libya was thrown further into doubt today, with angry locals reporting a NATO air strike hit the home of a local physics teacher, killing his wife and two children.
The strike hit in suburban Zlitan, a town near the rebel-held city of Misrata. Zlitan has been the site of considerable recent fighting as rebels briefly attempted to contest the city and the regime launched a counter-offensive, neither of which appeared to gain much ground.
The fact that fighting has been going on in the region was little comfort for the neighbors, with one complaining that there are “no military in this neighborhood.” NATO confirmed that a “target” was struck but declined to offer details on what was attacked.
This is the second recent incident in and around Zlitan. Last week, NATO attacked a hospital in Zlitan killing seven people. The dead in the attack included three doctors. In this case too, NATO refused to confirm exactly what the target was that they bombed.
They are shelling the town from their ship canons and from planes !
Best explained here:
its a very interesting speech – worth to listen to it completely ! As other speeches too. You can learn here from first hand what really happens in Libya and al qaida, beyond news fraud from corporate media. They just delivery us at the moment nothing or useless news, because their bosses and those above them surly are discussing at the moment what to do with this war.
Because what this libyan speaker says, will make them re-thinking. if that what I mean was nt in this speech of him:
I find it hard to believe that the "NATO" targeting is this bad. All the reports for years of "mistakes" or "stuff happens" is highly unlikely to have been just poor targeting. But, we're not likely to ever hear about why a physics teachers' home was targeted in a backwater area where there was no real skirmishes underway.
Of course, with the lack of a reliable press corps on the scene, who knows?
Despite these horrible incidents, NATO/western targeting has never been more accurate.
During the D-Day landings, allied bombers killed 20,000 French civilians in a matter of days.
"Smart bombs" don't eliminate civilian casualties but they are definitely reduced.