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Botched NATO Airstrike Deaths Nearly Double: 15 Civilians Killed in Libya

NATO has admitted responsibility for a botched airstrike near Tripoli this weekend that killed as many as 15 civilians, according to the BBC, not the 8 initially reported yesterday.

Botched NATO Airstrike Deaths Nearly Double: 15 Civilians Killed in Libya

Damage from the Botched Airstrike

A spokesman for NATO stated that the airstrike intended to hit a military site, but some ordnance missed the target and hit a civilian home instead.

Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, commander of NATO’s operations over Libya said:

NATO regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and takes great care in conducting strikes against a regime determined to use violence against its own citizens. Although we are still determining the specifics of this event, indications are that a weapons system failure may have caused this incident.

Acting under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians, NATO has been bombing Libya for the past 11 weeks. This is the first incident, according to the LA Times, for which NATO has accepted responsibility for civilian deaths.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration is facing a growing bipartisan coalition claiming that the Libyan intervention is in violation of the War Powers Act.

The Obama administration is still claiming that the Libya campaign does not merit any congressional authorization because of its limited scope. A few more ‘weapons system failure(s)’ and this semantic dodge may soon become untenable.

If we are not at war with Libya, we certainly have a strange way of showing it. Watch the report, below, for more:

Libya: Nato Airstrike: Libyan Government Claims Civilians Killed – June 19, 2011 Vidéo mirrorthis2010 sélectionnée dans Actualité

Comments (46)

  • deadbeatjoe
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:17am

    Move along, people. There’s nothing happening here.

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  • Pitcher
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 6:19am

    BHO seems to be this decades “ Babykiller ”

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  • Founding Dad
    Posted on June 21, 2011 at 5:40am

    Obama thumbs his nose at the Congress. He feels he can bomb anyone anytime he wishes. Lybia is Disneyworld compared to the mass slaughter going on in Syria. How come Obama isn’t bombing Syria???? Oh wait…….Europe didn’t tell him to, that’s why. It’s got nothing to do about saving lives.

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  • NuffSaid
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 8:13pm

    I just can seem to get enough of this. Obama killing Arabs. I just love it. Maybe next he’ll send in death squads to Dearborn MI.

    He’s a real butcher. He’s great! He’s my absolute favorite incompetent, racist commie, bloodsucker.

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  • Ex_Masshole
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 7:22pm

    Not war, eh?

    So then answer this question: “If a foreign nation, let’s say, Libya, was flying unmanned aircraft over the USA, dropping bombs on government buildings and the President’s house (and occasionally, civilians), would THAT be considered an act of war?”

    I’m all for preventing genocide and defending our national interests abroad, but don‘t urinate on our backs and tell us that it’s raining. It’s time that this administration faced the impeachment proceedings that are due for the blatant disregard for the law and the treasonous violation of the sworn oath to defend our Constitution.

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  • Crucial411
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 6:50pm

    And the definition of HOSTILITIES is?

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  • Eric Von Zipper
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 6:23pm

    My friends… Our President sure loves to see children killed… Whether they’re killed in the womb or killed in a Libyan home… The more the better, right Obama?… Piece of trash!…

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  • llotus
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 4:30pm

    Oh my. NATO guilty of war crimes? Perhaps NATO should be abolished. NATO members should be tried for war crimes and sentenced to long terms in muslim prisons. Sounds fare to me. I vote, guilty as charged one and all. Lotus.

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  • Centralsville
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 4:17pm

    Stop the bombing of civilians by liberals.

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:19pm

    Sorry won’t happen again until tomorrow! By the way why are we there? NATO that should be your first warning to take cover, couldn’t hit the target if they tried, sorry they are trying,OOPS!

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  • inexiletill2012
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:19pm

    THERE YA GO OBAMA !

    here is your “out”

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  • powedj
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:55pm

    It‘s George Bush’s fault.

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  • TH30PH1LUS
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:46pm

    It’s kinetic. Besides, BO‘s lawyers haven’t defined what “Hostilities” means. Congress who?

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  • joe3
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:43pm

    NATO needs to face war crimes. this is UN One World Government totalitarian crap. the reason obomber wont follow the law and go to congress is because he has no reason to be in libya. this is not to help americans, this is to promote World Government. that makes obama a traitor. Impeach him, which will amount to shame on his presidency. however it may give us the momentum to end US involvement with the UN, a filthy World Government platform. War crimes.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:45pm

      bushie2 first.

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    • GABOB
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 7:21pm

      @EXREPUB

      Bush had the approval of the Congress, so are they and all of the Military Criminals? No! Obomber does not even have the approval of the Justice Department. So this is blood on HIS hands. Where is your code pink? Are you out with a picket sign?

      The Reckoning 2012

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:43pm

    It happens…………in a war, any war people die, lets not get stupid and put our boys in the middle of this mess.

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  • Exrepublisheep
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:42pm

    Sadness.

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  • rabblechat
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:41pm

    I guess its better that we kill-em than Kaddaffi…

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:34pm

    War? What war? Nothing in the media about. BHO decided he didn’t need congressional approval (never mind that the Justice Dept and the Pentagon lawyers said he did need approval)

    No ******** are protestiing, screaming, burning effigies of BHO….so….nothing to see here…move along.

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  • tinydd
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:30pm

    Ahhh, is this “Arab Spring” Barry has been so excited about? Liberation comes to those who are able to “dodge” the NATO bombings. INCOMMING!!!

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:28pm

    I thought this was all about saving civilians. Then why the heck is NATO killing them?

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  • This_Individual
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:27pm

    And the UN doesn’t give a darn (& neither does our prez)! VOTE LIBERTARIAN!

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  • let us prey
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:23pm

    Obama lied -people died
    Where are the protestors now?

    Report Post » let us prey  
    • sWampy
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Love it!!!!

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:58pm

      Well it’s not like there are American boots on the ground, and frankly, Americans do not care when we “Kill others over there so we don’t need to fight them over here,” as was so often said during the last Administration.

      Report Post » MONICNE  
    • Ex_Masshole
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 7:40pm

      @ ENCINOM:

      Precedent does not equal Law. You can stop using the actions of past administrations as examples of why it’s OK for this one to break the law and spit on the Constitution.

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  • CatB
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:22pm

    “The Obama administration is still claiming that the Libya campaign does not merit any congressional authorization because of its limited scope.”

    I doubt that these dead civilians would consider it “limited”.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:21pm

    We’re not in charge of the operation but we will sure as hell get the blame for these things.
    Another feather in his cap.

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  • tbconrad
    Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Whoops! Our bad.

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:35pm

      NO OUR PROB!

      We aren’t at war with Libya – obama said so!

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    • hauschild
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:46pm

      No kidding with the “whoops” comment.

      This is what happens when incompetent leaders call for military action. Liberals are good really only at theoretical things like academics. Can’t they leave the crap for those that wear “the big boy pants”???

      A liberal’s largest obstacle to overcome: They rarely understand their limitations, and ya’ll know what Clint says about that?!?!?

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:56pm

      Tough, it must Suck to be a Libyan.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:59pm

      Another reason to get the US the heck out of the place, and now, no support for NATO and this insane asylum Mr Obama has created – which is what he wanted anyhow.

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    • fastfacts
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:14pm

      You wish this would never happen but when you are dropping bombs, it happens. Then again, should we be there… NO. Another bad decision for the Obama Administration.

      This is just like the ATF’s Fast and Furious. Did you know that htere is possible gun control lobby direction in the operations of this project: http://tiny.cc/pfa7u . Question is… is this an effort to solidify or increase more gun control laws?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:19pm

      @Fast Facts:

      Fast and Furious, like this bothched mess in Libya is meant for more controls to be places via the regulation czar and to increase tensions against the US around the world and on our own borders.

      As Van Jones said – pressure and more pressure; top down, bottom up and inside out, and then it will either vent the pressure out or self destruct into their hands for good.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:20pm

      End this illegal war.

      Abolish the Federal Reserve, the financier of falsified wars.

      Report Post » V-MAN MACE  
    • jzs
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:28pm

      hauschild, civilian deaths from the Iraq war are estimated to be somewhere over 100,000 deaths (some estimates are closer to a million). I guess that’s what happens when guys with “big boy pants” run a war.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War

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    • 101
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:31pm

      Nice job BHO, it’s his non-war thats killing innocent people!

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 3:58pm

      Civilians or our Al Queda allies?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 4:24pm

      That’s what the alleged hostilities look like.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 5:33pm

      Man, these Humanitarian Missions in the Middle East are really taking their toll on the Humans over there.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 5:41pm

      Lay it at the feet of Obummer..

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    • avenger
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 6:02pm

      for all you dopes out there…there are no civilians in a REAL war.the theory of war is complete annihilation of the enemy.what part of complete people not understand ! the last real war was www2,we fire bombed cities in europe and nuked japan. guess who are our 2 best allies today,germany and japan .macv-sog

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on June 20, 2011 at 9:15pm

      When you kill one yellow jacket ALL the others in the hive come after you! Let’s get out already!

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