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Amnesty Calls on NATO to Probe Civilian Deaths in Libya

HeadlineAug 11, 2011

Amnesty International is calling on NATO to investigate claims some 85 Libyan civilians were killed in a bombing Monday night. The regime of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi says the victims were assembled in a series of farmhouses near the capital Tripoli and that 33 children were among the dead. Independent journalists have reported seeing up to 30 body bags at the scene, including four that contained women and children. On Wednesday, a local doctor criticized NATO for the attack.

Hassan Moussa: “This is not humanitarian. We are used to look to the West and Europe as ideal examples, but what we are seeing now is the extreme of inhumanity. They are not humans. What makes me say this is the people behind me. Look at them.”

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