It is feared many civilians may be trapped inside the war-torn Libyan city of Sirte - unable to escape because they have no fuel for their vehicles.
http://www.lbc.co.uk/libya-fears-over-civilians-trapped-in-sirte-45687
Fleeing Sirte residents:revolution wasn t worth it
Families flowed out of Moammar Gadhafi s besieged hometown Tuesday, exhausted and battered by weeks of hiding from shelling and gunbattles with no meat or vegetables or electricity - but unbowed in their deep distrust of the revolutionaries trying to crush this bastion of the old regime.
http://bit.ly/pWZne4
Civilians under NATO bombing
Bani Walid eyewitness: RT Video report
http://rt.com/news/civilians-walid-sirte-forces-961/
Libya: NATO bombs hit hospital in Sirte
NATO warplanes bombed the medical center in Sirte, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital Tripoli, on Thursday. The number of possible casualties remains unknown.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203108.html
Libya: Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Loot, Burn Homes In Sirte
After capturing this hamlet, a center for Moammar Gadhafi s tribe, revolutionary fighters have gone on a vengeance spree, looting and burning homes and making off with gold, furniture and even automobiles.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/libya-gaddafi-fighters-looting_n_997154.html
Russia accuses NATO of increasing casualties in Libya
'The international community and our Western partners in the first place followed the path of supporting one side in the civil war. Perhaps, this side expressed the interests of the Libyan people, but at the cost of civilian casualties...'
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/06/c_131176721.htm
Blatant state takeover behind EU and US Libyan operation
Having taken over Libya, NATO exposed its hypocrisy towards protecting civilian lives, letting the revolutionary forces to shell loyalist cities and assault them despite great losses among civilian population.
http://rt.com/news/eu-us-libya-nato-393/
NATO Refuses Ceasefire While Situation in Sirte is Deteriorating
BBC Video Report -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IxfrwxlW5Wg
The Destruction Of Sirte
By Patrick O'Connor
If at any point during Libyas' civil war Gaddafis' forces had done what the TNC fighters are doing now, there would have been blanket demands of charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29447.htm
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gaddafi
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sirte
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bani+Walid
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hypocrisy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bombing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=war+crimes
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=crimes+against+humanity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=casualties
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+O'Connor
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