Monday 20 June 2011

NATO's Apology.

Once again  innocent civilians have been killed in a NATO airstrike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and all that NATO could do is to render an apology. This has been happening in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan on numerous occassions. Are these also not war crimes? Why dont they indict the NATO commanders and haul them before the ICC? Normaly, children and women are the worst affected when civilian casualties mount in supposed UN sanctioned aggressive force on a sovereign nation. The explanation given was that the weapons system failed to locate or hit the target, what a shame. What happened to intelligence gathering before launching an airstrike just to determine the correct location of a target? We now live in a world where a group of people are so right that they can get away with killing innocent civilians in the name of protecting them, but another group of people do not have the right to fight or kill rebells who are trying to destabilize a country, and these rebells are recognized as the legitimate government by the western powers. Human rights activists all over the world should sit up and condemn this latest airstrike which has killed innocent civilians. What will happen to the families of the dead, nobody cares, i suffice it to say that NATO thinks that the apology is enough and are syaing that it will not happen again.We have heard this mantra several times. But go to Pakistan and you will be shocked at the devastation caused by drones on the civilian population. At times like these, they always have a prepared speech to deliver and they do it with the most solemn voices as usual. There should be an investigation into this and targets must be crosschecked before attacks are launched. My deepest  sympathies go to the families of the innocent civilians who have been unjustly taken off this earth by an unnecessary show of aggression that has no basis.

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