Apr 15, 2011

News Alert: Qaddafi Forces Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Fri, April 15, 2011 -- 12:53 PM ET
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Qaddafi Forces Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas

Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who have
surrounded the Libyan city of Misurata and vowed to crush its
anti-Qaddafi rebellion, have been firing into residential
neighborhoods with heavy weapons, including cluster bombs
that have been banned by much of the world and
ground-to-ground rockets, according to the accounts of
witnesses and survivors and physical evidence on the ground.

Such weapons, which strike large areas with a dense
succession of high-explosive munitions, by their nature
cannot be fired precisely, and when fired into populated
areas place civilians at grave risk.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/world/africa/16libya.html?hp&emc=na


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