BREAKING NEWS: NATO Massacres of Civilians Aimed at "Cleansing" the Libyan
People's Resistance
Photographic Evidence of NATO War Crimes
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Global Research, August 10, 2011
TRIPOLI,
Global Research, August 10, 2011 – The North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) conducted intensive attacks on Libyan civilians in
the night of August 8 and in the early hours of August 9, 2011 from
approximately 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. EET.
Civilians in Tripoli and many other cities in Libya were bombed
indiscriminately by NATO.
A
large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the
district of Misurata. In Zliten, 85 people were killed including 33
children, 32 women, and 20 men as a result of NATO’s deliberate
targeting of residential areas and civilian infrastructure. Many of the
injured civilian victims are in critical condition and near death.
Zliten
has been under constant NATO bombardment for several days. The recent
NATO attacks started at about 11:30 p.m. EET on August 8, 2011. At least
7 civilian homes belonging to local farmers were destroyed, killing
entire families. In all 20 families were the targets of the NATO
bombings.
The images below pertain to destroyed farm houses in Majer, near Zliten.
Destroyed farm house in Majer, near Zliten. Copyright of all photos
above. Matthew Ozanon 2011
Colonel
Roland Lavoie, NATO’s official military spokesperson for Operation
Unified Protector, confirmed that NATO bombed Zliten at 11:45 p.m. on
August 8, 2011 and 2:34 a.m. on August 9, 2011.
In a second
round of bombing, NATO targeted the same homes once more when local
residents had arrived to the rescue of those who had been bombed.
Dismembered
bodies were recovered from the ruble throughout the day. According to a
Libyan eyewitness, a pregnant woman was killed with her dead unborn
child exposed out of her torn body.
Media Disinformation
The
only members of the international press that reported the damage of the
bombings in detail were Russia Today (RT), TeleSUR, Chinese Central
Television (CCTV), and independent journalists.
CNN was present taking footage, but essentially released nothing and distorted
the facts.(See photos below)
Dead civilians in Zliten Hospital. CNN cameraman in background.
Copyright, Matthew Ozanon 2011
Dead civilians in Zliten Hospital. CNN camerman filming. Copyright, Matthew
Ozanon 2011
Many of the journalists from NATO countries also held meetings on how to
disseminate the news.
NATO
claims categorically that the areas bombed were “legitimate” military
targets and that there is no evidence of civilian casualties.
Colonel
Lavoie stated that NATO had solid intelligence which confirmed that the
farm houses were “military bases.” This statement is false and in total
contradiction with realities on the ground including photographic and
film evidence (see the photographs below).
Areas in Zliten and
Majer (Mager) were bombed by NATO for strategic reasons. The bombing of
civilian areas is tied to the planning of NATO’s offensive against
Tripoli.
The Libyan clans in these areas have made it clear that
they would fight the Transitional Council should its forces try to move
westward against Tripoli from their position in Misurata. NATO
deliberately bombed these areas “to clear the way” towards Tripoli.
Thousands of people also came to the funerals of the victims of the NATO
attacks.
Jamahiraya
Satellite Channel was also bombed by NATO. This was part of NATO’s
efforts to contain information from coming out of Libya regarding the
realities of the war.
NATO is running out of steam and the Transitional Council is near collapse.
NATO’s
killing of civilians is intended to force the Libyan population into
surrendering. The “Responsibility to Protect” is an utter shame. A few
days earlier NATO left another boatload of migrants and refugees die in
the Mediterranean Sea.
HRW has sent a team to Tripoli from its
head office in New York, which has pushed for a settlement between the
Benghazi-based Transitional Council and the Libyan government. Although
independent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is known to liaise with the U.S.
State Department.
A concrete factory and a Libyan cultural
centre in Al-Khams were also bombed by NATO which has also announced
that it will attack civilian sites.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya reporting from Tripoli is a Research Associate of the
Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=25966
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