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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-30-11 02:14 PM
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So, did Gaddafi use cluster bombs or were those ours?
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Edited on Mon May-30-11 02:15 PM by EFerrari
This blogger puts together a case for investigating the claims that these munitions were used by Gaddafi.


The cluster bombing of Misrata: The case against the USA
Posted on May 25, 2011 by HRI Mark

The ongoing HRI investigation of the cluster bombing of Misrata in April 2011 has found convincing evidence the bombing was committed by US naval forces.

The bombing of Misrata

On the 15th April 2011, during the day, sub-munitions of a MAT-120 cluster bomb were shown to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and C.J. Chivers, a journalist for the New York Times, in Misrata. On that evening, during ongoing clashes between rebel and loyalist forces, Human Rights Watch workers witnessed 3 or 4 cluster munitions landing in residential areas of Misrata. HRW attest to further subsequent such bombings.

Civilians were killed in these attacks and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, condemned:

“The reported repeated use of cluster munitions and heavy weaponry by Libyan government forces in their attempt to regain control of the besieged city of Misrata.”

http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/05/25/the-cluster-bombing-of-misrata-the-case-against-the-usa/
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