Nato accused of killing family in botched bombing raid

[David__77]

Source: Telegraph



The alleged strike on a two-storey home in the suburbs of the town of Zlitan, 160 miles east of Tripoli, killed the wife and two children of Mustafa Naji, a physics teacher and sparked an eruption of local anger against the bombing campaign.

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The Naji home stood ten miles from the front line in the apparently quiet suburb of Kaim. Regime officials said the family were ordinary people who had feasted just hours before to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Its concrete floors had collapsed and the rooms were destroyed. By midmorning it was impossible to tell if the building had ever been used by Gaddafi's military unlike the nearby Law College and school where the bombed buildings were littered with military paraphernalia including combat fatigues and log books.

Ibtisam, the mother of two children, Mohammad 5 and Muttasim, 3, were buried within hours at an emotional funeral ceremony next to a local mosque.

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Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8682499/Nato-accused-of-killing-family-in-botched-bombing-raid.html

[Cool Logic]

1. But, I thought this wasn't a war...

When it all began, I wondered how long it would take for the cries for war, to morph into accusations of war-crimes.

[swilton]

2. But...but...

I thought we were using smart weapons :sarcasm: