Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Libya, NATO/Allies, North Africa, tagged airstrikes, civilian casulaties, gaddafi, Libya, Libyan rebels, Nato, Zlitan on August 4, 2011 |
VOA News | August 4, 2011
The Libyan government is accusing NATO of bombing civilian targets in Zlitan, a western town that has been the scene of recent clashes between pro-government and rebel forces.
The government made the accusations through its state-controlled television station on Thursday, a day after officials denied rebel claims that opposition fighters had gained control of the town. (more…)
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Libya, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, Targeted Death, tagged airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, gaddafi, Nato on May 25, 2011 |
The death toll from NATO air strikes on Tripoli and its suburbs has risen to 19, Libyan state television reported on Tuesday, showing footage of civilians with head wounds.
NATO warplanes delivered some of their heaviest air strikes yet to Muammar Gaddafi’s compound after the United States said the Libyan leader would “inevitably” be forced from power. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, United Nations, tagged airstrikes, civilians, coalition airstrikes, Libya, Military, Nato, UN, United Nations on April 8, 2011 |
April 6, 2011
Full text of speech given at the Press Conference held in Naples on April 6 by Rear Admiral Russell Harding OBE, Deputy Commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.
Posted in Africa, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Genocide, Government, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, Protesters, United Nations, United States, tagged airstrikes, Libya, Nato, rebels, UN, us military on April 1, 2011 |
By: Robert Burns
March 28, 2011
WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its NATO-led partners insist their mission in Libya goes no further than protecting civilians threatened by their own government’s guns, but as rebels regain the initiative and push to the doorstep of Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte, the protectors in effect have become an aerial arm of the rebels. (more…)
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Israel, Middle-East, Military, Palestine, Property Damage, Unexploded Ordinances (UXO), tagged Air Strike, airstrikes, Civilian Casualties, gaza, gaza strip, Israeli forces, Occupied Palestinian Territory, OPT, Palestinians, Property Damage, UXO on November 30, 2010 |
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Excerpts from OPT Weekly Protection of Civilians Report: 10-23 November 2010
Date: 23 Nov 2010
Gaza Strip
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and injured ten others in incidents involving air strikes and access restrictions to land near the fence dividing Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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