Rebel attacks accompanied by NATO airstrikes on the Libyan city of Sirte have killed 151 civilians, according to a spokesman for the fugitive leader Muammar Gadhafi.
“Between yesterday and this morning, 151 civilians were killed inside their homes as the Grad rockets and other explosives fell upon their heads,” Moussa Ibrahim told Reuters. “The city hospital stopped functioning altogether last night. Patients died simply because nothing can be done to help them.”
His claims could not be immediately verified because Sirte is besieged on all sides by invading encroaching rebel forces and communication is down from weeks of NATO bombing.
The attacks on Sirte, which contains both militant Gadhafi loyalists as well as civilians, began weeks ago and humanitarian conditions there have been dire, as large numbers of civilians have been displaced due to the fighting, lack of electricity, water, food, and medical care for the residents.
The Gadhafi spokesman made similar assertions last week when he claimed that NATO strikes had killed over 350 civilians. World leaders and human rights organizations have urged for investigations into previous incidents of massive civilian casualties at the hands of NATO, but no comments have been made yet regarding the latest incidents.
Humanitarian?
The Libya Army, a/k/a “pro-Gaddafi militia,” has taken up defense positions inside the living room windows of pro-Libya citizens. So much for the NATO illusion of protecting civilians, while NATO bombs are committing premeditated collateral murder of stay at home children’s pets, and their civilian pet owners.
"Sirte is besieged on all sides by invading encroaching rebel forces and communication is down from weeks of NATO bombing."
Protecting civilians my arse.
For doing something to someone…somewhere…at some point in time…these poor Libyan people must have deserved this…guess NATO hasn't out-killed Gadhafi yet…
Skumcozy the Midget and Catcher's mitt head Cameron should pay for their crimes too
What is fishy is he is giving precise figures. "354" the other day and "151" today. There is no way he can know the civilian death toll to such a precision. If he said "354 that we know of" or something, that would be different.
There is no way he can know the civilian death toll to such a precision.
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Sure there is.
"Today NATO killed 3,496 civilians." See? Anyone could make stuff up.
Not saying these figures are wrong, but mere numbers don't prove anything. Let's see EVIDENCE that these claims are true,
He may not have exact numbers but most now for certain NATO is killing Civilians and was never there for humanitarian reasons.Americas military are killers if the laws that were aplied at Nurenberg were used in any of the illegal wars not only would the government be hung but all soldiers would be also.They are the terrorist calling others exactly what they are.The lack of jobs in America is now reason to join a military that commits crimes against humanity that do nothing to help America.The policys actually are making more enemys that are children will have to deal with.America is no longer the worlds super power and will eventually be just like Britan after WW2.You citizens better get rid of the tyranicle government of you will regret it big time in the future.Americas plans of a NWO are never going to happen Russia China and many more countrys will not take part in Americas evil.America speeks of other countrys being a danger when they are the ones atacking everyone based on lies.
Mossa Ibrahim is not the "fugitive Gaddafi's speaker" – it was and is the libyan Government speaker.
And what he said CAN be verified when information is not blocked by antiwar.com:
NATO bombing of residential areas of Sirte
NATO attacking Residential Houses in Sirt, Libya.mp4
NATO bombs school of Sirte, were people did hide
schule in sitre
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "Tell me straight out, I call on you—answer me: imagine that you yourself are building the edifice of human destiny with the object of making people happy in the finale, of giving them peace and rest at last, but for that you must inevitably and unavoidably torture just one tiny creature, one child, and raise your edifice on the foundation of her unrequited tears—would you agree to be the architect on such conditions?. . . And can you admit the idea that the people for whom you are building would agree to accept their happiness on the unjustified blood of a tortured child, and having accepted it, to remain forever happy?
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He also said, ‘ No world event is worth the shedding of one child’ s tear’….
Obviously, we, the people, still agree to see hundreds of innocent die for some mythical "greater good". And children tears don't soften our hearts….
Don't now every thing about Troy Davis but many belive the was reasonable dought and the people said if they new then what they do now he would have been found innocent.Also people that testified changed there testemony and he was still muderd.May he rest in peace.