RT
May 14, 2012
NATO killed 72 civilians “in air attacks on unclear targets” during its 2011 Libyan campaign, Human Rights Watch reports. The group slammed NATO for downplaying the extent of civilian deaths inflicted during its drive to topple the Gaddafi government.
The report, “Unacknowledged Deaths: Civilian Casualties in NATO’s Air Campaign in Libya,” provides a detailed examination of eight NATO air strike sites. Extensive field investigations determined no “Libyan military forces, weapons, hardware, or communications equipment had been present at the time of the attack” at seven of the sites, the report said.
The group further charges that under the “laws of war,” member states are “obligated to investigate allegations of serious violations and compensate victims of unlawful attacks.”
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