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Gaddafi Regime: Civilian Casualties in U.S.-Led Air Strikes

HeadlineMar 25, 2011

The Gaddafi regime continues to claim the U.S.-led bombing campaign has killed scores of civilians. A Libyan government spokesperson said around 100 civilians have died in Western air strikes and accused the U.S.-led coalition of seeking to bomb non-military targets including phone towers and broadcasting stations.

Musa Ibrahim: “These are civilian targets. Broadcasting, whether it’s radio or TV, communications, whether it’s phones or other uses, are all civilian, and they are for the good of the Libyan nation. But we are getting close to a hundred, that’s for sure.”

Reporter: “Civilians?”

Musa Ibrahim: “Yes. I’ve asked the minister for health to be with you tomorrow. I’m going to—he is an extremely busy man, I can understand why.”

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