Libya: Civilians In large numbers now accuse NATO of a GENOCIDE.

[Distant Observer]

The lies of the "rebels" are now exposed as Western reporters are confronted by the horrors of the NATO-backed rebels' methods of war. But how many reports will actually get printed or broadcast?

Tribal as well as ethnic cleansing seems to be the final method of regime change employed by the West.

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sirte-civilians-accuse-nato-of-genocide/story-e6frg6so-1226147923376

Sirte civilians accuse NATO of genocide

CIVILIANS pouring out of the besieged city of Sirte accused NATO of committing genocide yesterday as revolutionary forces reinforced their numbers and prepared for a new attack on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's home town.

Long lines of civilian vehicles were seen leaving after a night punctuated by NATO air attacks. Forces fighting for the National Transitional Council (NTC) added their own artillery and mortar rounds at regular intervals.

Civilians, many looking scared or sullen, said that conditions inside Sirte were "disastrous". They made claims which, if verified, offer a conundrum for Nato, which operates with a UN mandate on the need to protect civilian life.

"It has been worse than awful," said Riab Safran, 28, as his car was searched by revolutionary fighters. His family had been sleeping on the beach, he said.

"They have hit all kinds of buildings: schools, hospitals," he said, referring to NATO airstrikes.

[Cool Logic]

1. Well, you knew that it was just a matter of time before the cries for war...

morphed into accusations of war crimes.

[Distant Observer]

2. I really thought that with a mission of "protecting civilians" NATO would leave massacres to locals

[xchrom]

3. Recommend

[Distant Observer]

4. NATO War crimes will never be procecuted since NATO controls the definition of those crimes, it seem

[court jester]

10. is Orwell laughing or crying?

"Every war when it comes, or before it comes,
is represented not as a war
but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac."



"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable,
and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

George Orwell
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_orwell.html

is it 1985 yet? No

"the answer to 1984 is 1776"


PS: See ya in Pakistan!!

[Distant Observer]

14. BULLSEYE: "Every war . . is represented not as a war, but self-defense against a homicidal maniac"

[DrunkenBoat]

5. what you need is about three people to keep making comments until this thread is reallyreally long

and to post similar reports every day so you would have the gravitas of that other thread.

i'm saying you have to be professional about it.

(sarcasm tag)

[Distant Observer]

6. We need some Fidels at DU: "Castro calls out Obama for genocide in Libya"

http://rt.com/usa/news/castro-obama-genocide-libya-429/

[DrunkenBoat]

7. i think the word genocide is overused in general. it means wiping out populations.

as defined by race, sex, language, culture, ethnicity, national origin, religion.

it doesn't mean torturing or killing some of one's political opponents or shooting demonstrators.

[Distant Observer]

8. I agree. But the determination to destroy Tribal support for Gaddafi comes nearest

in this tragic conflict.

The big lie in the West was always the myth of no support for the dictator.
After 20,000 Nato sorties and countless bombs, I think that myth is a bit tarnished.

[DrunkenBoat]

9. you'd never know it to read on that other thread, though.

nato's magic bombs are directed only to evil people.

they are evil-seeking bombs.

[Distant Observer]

13. That "other thread' employs special hermeneutics driven by twitter and starts history in 2010

[Bonobo]

11. I really wonder how many times people need to see the undeniable evidence that...

Bombing people and bringing WAR is NOT a way to bring peace!

Fucking dumbasses...

[malaise]

12. Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm shocked I tell you - NOT!

[Distant Observer]

18. Well, who would have imagined a spawning of factional massacres like in Iraq or ....

[Starry Messenger]

15. recommend.

[MadHound]

16. But wait, I thought that NATO involvement was a good thing.

I thought that US involvement, via NATO, was a good thing. I was told that over and over by certain folks here, folks whose support for Obama blinds them to the horrifying realities of war.

[Distant Observer]

17. Actually, for US, UK, France, Saudi, Qatar it was good to use NATO as cover