Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Government, Insurgents, Libya, NATO/Allies, North Africa, tagged gaddafi, land mines, Libyan rebels, Nato, Tripoli on July 27, 2011 |
UPI | July 27, 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya, July 27 (UPI) — Libyan rebels say they’re finding thousands of land mines in civilian areas as they press toward the country’s capital city of Tripoli.
The number of mines found and deactivated by the rebels has swollen from hundreds to thousands as the fighters move into towns abandoned by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Government, Libya, North Africa, tagged Civilian Casualties, gaddafi, Human Rights Watch, land mines, Libya, Libyan rebels on July 8, 2011 |
Human Rights Watch | July 8, 2011
Zintan – Libyan government forces have placed at least three minefields containing antipersonnel and antivehicle landmines outside the village of al-Qawalish in the western Nafusa Mountains, Human Rights Watch said today.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Displacement, Government, Mali, Middle-East, tagged Civilian Casualties, cluster munitions, Libya, unexploded ordance on May 17, 2011 |
AlertNet
16 May, 2011
CAIRO, 16 May 2011 (IRIN) – There is so much ammunition and unexploded ordnance (UXO) scattered across eastern Libya that local people will face a serious threat when they return home. However, it is difficult to determine the exact quantities because of ongoing fighting, experts say. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Clusters/Mines, Government, Libya, Middle-East, NGOs, United Nations, tagged Civilian Casualties, cluster munitions, human rights, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian law, United Nations, war crimes on April 20, 2011 |
Reuters
April 20, 2011
The Libyan government’s reported use of cluster munitions and heavy weapons in Misrata has caused substantial civilian casualties and may amount to crimes under international law, the United Nations said on Wednesday. (more…)
Posted in Clusters/Mines, Government, Ground Assault, Libya, Middle-East, Military, NATO/Allies, tagged civilian death, civilian displacement, civilian harm, cluster bombs, explosion, Libya on April 18, 2011 |
The Guardian, By Xan Rice
April 17, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces mounted a heavy assault on Libyan rebels holding the key town of Ajdabiya on Sunday in a sign that the regime is stepping up efforts to regain territory in the east of the country.
Explosions were heard for several hours in the morning, forcing some of the few remaining families to flee to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, 90 miles away. (more…)
