Civilian cost of NATO victory in Libya

October 20, 2011 18:56

The death of Gaddafi has finally concluded his eight- month stand-off with NATO. But as the alliance and the new Libyan government celebrate the war’s end, the untold numbers killed in the intervention cast a dark shadow over their victory.

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Paul Prichard 28.10.2011 22:59

As the Libyan people now attempt to rebuild their country”– yeah, with interest bearing loans from the new private central bank set up by the supposed rebels that replaced the state central bank that made loanswithout interest.I welcome Libya to debt slavery.

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ImaJWalker 23.10.2011 23:38

Just like 9/11, the lies will continue to cover up this one.  No one will be held accountable as usual and that's why we (good people) of this world are slowing losing control.  Someone MUST be made accountable to this.  It so sad that it was allowed to happen.  Through the losses, they forgot to mention the 2 boats containing more than 661 people who NATO ignored their SOS that were killed.  Yep, humanitarian purposes.  Bullonie.

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Nastasia 22.10.2011 02:16

Who killed gadhafi,. and how he died..big mystery..right! When this NATO warplane fired at his convoy, they knew it would probably kill him! they knew that if he is not killed, he would end up in the hands of the fighters and would never have a chance to a fair trial! just like they decided saddam deserved to be executed, just like they decided that Bin Laden body would be thrown at sea and thats the end of the story, well again we see that they've decided that Gadhafi should die, and when i say they I MEAN THE US?UN?NATO call it whatever!  NATO?UN KILLED AND EXECUTED GADHAFI!!!!!!!!THEY ARE THE BLOODY ONES WHO OVER AND OVER AGAIN COMMIT WAR CRIMES AND WHEN WILL THEY BE TRIED????? WHEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?? ??   Whilst the lybian people are now "free" ,  they are too busy celebrating and really none of them see the bigger picture. France/uk/us and all these allies who are supposedly "helping" lybians be free have their own shit to deal with at the moment with their own economy about to disappear.. why in the world would they bother help lybian people be free? as if they ever cared or really have a damn!! LYBIAN people wake up! see the bigger picture! We live in a world where some nations really believe they rule and they can do whatever they please, and that they can really fool their whole world with their tactics. Were going to war with iraq because of weapons of massive destruction, which we later found out never existed! we are going to lybia to help the people free themselves! what a load of crap and bullshit! Lybian people , if you really want freedom, get NATO AND ALL THEIR ALLIES OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY NOW!

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African Child (Nigeria) 21.10.2011 11:33

Now NATO will ask the NTC to set up a kangaroo Truth and Reconciliation Committee just like the charade in Ivory Coast where massacres are continuing after the fall of Gbagbo. Then they will try to change history with a campaign to demonise Gadhafi the more even in death. Iraqis now remember Saddam with a nostalgia whenever a bomb explodes in Baghdad. Gadhafi put Libya in the world map and gave them pride unlike most African countries controlled by the West and their puppet democacy. Jamahiriya was the real democracy where everyone participated including women in the Arab world. Medvedev failed Russia by his actions against an ally. Putin called NATO intervention medieval crusade and that is what it seems. The scramble for Africa is starting all over again and who will come to our aid when our true leaders are being destroyed. If they say Gadhafi was a dictator, what then do they say of their stooges Campaore of Burkina Faso, Paul Biya of Ca

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kihnu 21.10.2011 10:53

The cost in human lives and blood of a US-NATO military operation is irrelevant to that axis.   This is an axis spinning out of control.                                                                         
The German Axis of WW II evolved into a monstrous evil that eventually began killing human beings by the millions. There is a serious risk that the US-NATO Axis may yet be turned on the people of Europe and the US who are deemed "undesirables".  ;
Those who believe that WW I and II will be the last carnage of human beings are quite mistaken.

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john smith 21.10.2011 05:46

picture shows a child being stolen to be sold to a pedophile ring.

similar as after tsunami 2004. pedophiles dressed as humanitarian aid will distribute children worldwide.

wa r zone/disaster it is like a Christmas to them...

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dixienormns 21.10.2011 02:35

picture shows another innocent civilians famil y murder by the terrorist usa   think who is the real terrorists invading your country

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dyke davis 20.10.2011 22:40

The remarkable reality of all the reporting of the Libyan intervention, was that it was more like watching a "sporting event" than the destruction of an entire soverign nation. The media narrative rarely, if ever reported on the ugly humanitarian conditions of those caught in the battles nor the behind the scences of western controls being applied to maxiumize the destruction and hugh loss of innocent life taking place. An almost sterile cutting-room-floor production that will take years to finially understand the tragic events that NATO and the NTC relationship created out of a simple NO-FLY ZONE agreement. This was a savage, mindless, thuggery and appalling episode in human history and I await the attempts at reconcilliation as the NTC comes out of its bloodlust to face the people whom it will have to govern. No amount of brovo, blustering or placating will wash the blood from their collective crimes against the people of Libya.

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Nay Lin Maung 20.10.2011 20:39

The civilian cost of the war lets by the U.S. - NATO Axis in the Libya is too high.   How the U.S. - NATO Axis is going to repay Arab tears and Arab bloods of the Libya people.    

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