Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Libyan regime unleashed its fury on demonstrators in Tripoli

Since the beginning of the wave of change in the Arab world, violence struck with unprecedented force in the capital, Tripoli, with the brunt of the regime to maintain order and keep power, when at least 250 people were killed by bombing planes of the Air Force against protesters demanding the downfall of a number of Libya, Moammar Gadhafi.

According to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera, the bombings were carried out in several neighborhoods in the Libyan capital. The official, however, the voice of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader said that what was bombed weapons caches were located far from urban areas.

The high number of fatalities since the start of the revolt on Tuesday has caused confusion, the estimates of deaths ranged from 230 (according to Human Rights Watch) to a figure of 300 to 400 (according to the International Federation of Human Rights) not to mention the incident of the Libyan capital.

The first international reaction was the sentence for the use of violence against citizens who demanded changes in the scheme.

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