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| 'Libya death toll may be as high as 30k' |
| 2011-04-28 |
| [Iran Press TV] US Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz has said the number of fatalities since the revolution in the North African country could amount to 30,000 people. "I don't think we're probably going to get an accurate number until we really get more hands-on experience on the ground," Cretz said on Wednesday, stating that US officials have seen figures ranging from 10,000 to 30,000, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a meeting. It was to be his last... the ambassador said Washington thinks that Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) established by opposition forces in the eastern city of Benghazi, is "worthy of US support" but did not hint at formal recognition of the TNC by the US. Washington's special envoy to Benghazi, Chris Stevens, has been in Libya's opposition-controlled parts for several weeks to assess the situation in the crisis-stricken country. On Tuesday, US President Barack B.O.Obama approved $25 million in non-military aid to the civilians in the eastern parts of Libya. On Wednesday, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... warplanes continued bombarding the vicinity of the besieged town of Misratah to push back forces loyal to the Libyan ruler Muammar Qadaffy. However, The ever-popular However... Qadaffy loyalists shelled the western town after NATO air strikes. Qadaffy forces also fired rockets at the opposition-held town of Zintan in the west, destroying several houses and commercial buildings, reports said. Heads and envoys of 61 tribes across Libya have issued a joint statement calling on Qadaffy to step down. They said the country is facing growing threats due to Qadaffy's actions which have ruined unity among Libyan people. Humanitarian situation is aggravating especially in Misratah where thousands of people are in dire need of food, water and medical supplies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Barack Obama approved $25 million in non-military aid to the civilians in the eastern parts of Libya. Just so we're clear now. The US "aid" of uniforms, boots, optics, radios and such are all "non-military" These are just the kind of items "civilians" need in a time of a "humanitarian" crisis. And these supplies are the perfect compliment to those "defensive" missiles the Qataris donated to the cause. (Wouldn't want to violate that pesky arms embargo you know.) |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-04-28 09:59 |
| #2 'Libya death toll may be as high as 30k' Someone, please explain the downside. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-28 02:57 |
| #1 I remember how "A 100000 dead Kosovars" turned into a couple of thousand KLA casualties. |
| Posted by: gr(o)mgoru 2011-04-28 02:51 |