"NATO:s anfall på Libyen krävde tiotusentals dödsoffer"

2012 - NATO vill inte utreda

civila dödsoffer i Libyen

*May 2012 - Press TV
NATO has defended its military onslaught on Libya following the release of a report by Human Rights Watch that says scores of civilians were killed in just eight of the many airstrikes carried out during NATO’s seven-month campaign last year.*

"We strongly regret any loss of life during the campaign that we may have been responsible for," NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in statement issued in Brussels on Monday.

But she added that the airstrikes were carried out "with unprecedented care and precision," saying that “NATO did everything possible to minimize risks to civilians.”

She went on to say that “in a complex military campaign, that risk can never be zero.”

Lungescu also said that NATO is unable to confirm any of the figures cited by Human Rights Watch.

- NATO warplanes carried out 26,500 sorties, including 9,700 strike missions, over Libya from March 2011 to October 2011.

- According to Libyan National Transitional Council Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, about 25,000 people were killed and 50,000 others injured from February 2011 to October 2011.

Earlier in the day, Human Rights Watch said NATO's bombing campaign in Libya killed 72 civilians in eight attacks that the group investigated and the military bloc was obligated to accept responsibility.

In a 76-page report, the human rights group called on NATO to provide "prompt and suitable compensation" to families for the civilian deaths, injuries, and damage of property.

Human Rights Watch investigators at the sites of eight NATO airstrikes discovered that 20 women and 24 children were among the 72 civilian victims.

"To date, NATO has failed to acknowledge these casualties or to examine how and why they occurred," the New York-based group said in the report.

The Libyan Health Ministry says that over 850 civilians were killed in NATO airstrikes against the regime of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

In March, Amnesty International said that it had investigated the cases of 55 civilians, including 16 children and 14 women, who were killed in the NATO airstrikes on Libya.

Amnesty International, svenska sektionen:

Libyen: Civila offer till följd av

Nato:s flyganfall måste utredas

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Amnesty 2012-03-19 15:52

Nato har inte utrett civila dödsfall som orsakades av flyganfallen under den Nato-ledda insatsen förra året, uppger Amnesty International i en rapport som offentliggörs idag. 

Rapporten: Libya: The forgotten victims of NATO Strikes uppger att många människor som inte deltog i striderna dödats i Nato:s flyganfall och ännu fler uppges ha skadats. Många har träffats när de befunnit sig i sina hem.

Amnesty International uppger att Nato inte påbörjat utredningar eller ens försökt etablera kontakt med civila som drabbats av flyganfallen.


Amnesty kräver att utredningar görs och att drabbade och anhöriga kompenseras.[...]

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/amnesty_international__svenska_sektionen/news/view/libyen-civila-offer-till-foeljd-av-nato-s-flyganfall-maaste-utredas-37572

US deploys 12,000 troops in Libya

The United States has sent some 12,000 soldiers to Libya, in the first phase of deployments to the oil-rich North African nation.

Sat Jan 21, 2012  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222317.html

According to Asharq Alawsat, the troops landed in the eastern oil port city of Brega.

Although the deployment is said to be aimed at generating stability and security in the region, the troops are expected to take control of the country's key oil fields and strategic ports.

Brega, the site of an important oil refinery, serves as a major export hub for Libyan oil. The town is also one of the five oil terminals in the eastern half of the country.

Following the popular uprising of the Libyan people, NATO launched a major air campaign against the forces of the former regime on March 19, 2011 under a UN mandate to “protect the Libyan population.”

The Western military alliance, however, was heavily criticized for its failure to protect civilians and taking action beyond the terms of the UN mandate.

On October 20, 2011, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed in his hometown of Sirte, eight months into an uprising that put an end to his 42-year dictatorship.

Human rights groups have accused NATO of committing war crimes and human rights violations against Libyans.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222317.html

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... Orsaken till att  NATO anföll Libyen?

Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi's plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth.

"It's one of these things that you have to plan almost in secret, because as soon as you say you're going to change over from the dollar to something else, you're going to be targeted," says Ministry of Peace founder Dr James Thring.

"There were two conferences on this, in 1986 and 2000, organized by Gaddafi. Everybody was interested, most countries in Africa were keen."

Black Genocide in Libya by

the NATO-backed Rebels

Sept 2011. NATO-backed Libyan rebels are rounding up thousands of innocent black migrants and taking them to prison camps as part of mass reprisals that include reports of indiscriminate killings, mistreatment and torture, as the "humanitarian" veneer of the west's military intervention quickly crumbles.