Qaddafi troops suspected of war crimes
By AGENCIES Published: May 7, 2011 00:19 Updated: May 7, 2011 00:19 TRIPOLI: Muammar Qaddafi's forces may have committed war crimes in the opposition-controlled city of Misrata and the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating because of regime attempts to tighten its siege and block access by sea, Amnesty International said Friday. Libyan troops have indiscriminately fired heavy artillery, rockets and cluster bombs at residential areas of Libya's third-largest city during a two-month siege, in a clear breach of international humanitarian law, the group said in a report. "Weapons designed for the battlefield and not for residential areas are being launched into residential neighborhoods, killing civilians and really just creating a situation of terror," said Amnesty's Donatella Rovera. Amnesty said scores of Misrata residents not involved in fighting have been killed and hundreds injured by indiscriminate attacks, including with 122mm Grad rockets and 155mm artillery shells. The report cited an April 14 attack in which rockets hit the Qasr Ahmed neighborhood, killing 12 residents, among them several who were waiting in line outside a bakery. In another development Friday, France ordered 14 Libyan Embassy employees to leave within 48 hours. They had worked for Libya's Embassy in Paris before it was shut about a month ago. French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero would not say what the diplomats had done to merit expulsion. France has recognized Libya's opposition movement, and has been a major backer of a NATO-led military mission intended to protect civilians from an onslaught by Qaddafi's forces. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
