'Friendly fire', NATO Secretary scusaIl Libyan rebel leader Tuesday in Rome

NATO apologizes in second place. He expressed his regret for the victims of 'friendly fire' of Brega on Wednesday the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The statement comes a few hours after the deputy commander of the mission 'Unified Protector' in Libya, Rear Admiral Russ Harding: "I do not apologize because until then we had not seen any tank-led insurgents." "Today - he explained - we have documentary evidence of tanks attacking civilians, as we know that they are used civilians as human shields and that the army of Gaddafi is positioning tanks near mosques and schools, to prevent their bombarded with us.

Libya, Maroni: "There are a million and a half of illegal immigrants"

"In Libya there are a million and a half of illegal immigrants: in these days are running away to the west and east but I expect that in future they can go further north." Roberto Maroni has reported on the situation in Libya during the hearing at the Constitutional Affairs and Foreign joint committees of the House and Senate.

The Interior Minister said he was deeply concerned by the crisis could escalate and "lead to a situation similar to that of Afghanistan or Somalia. It 's a real and serious threat and I hope that the international community tell her. " "According to our intelligence - he added - there is a 'close business associations with Al Qaeda in the Maghreb and Europe aimed at proselytizing can not only threaten sanctions, we need a special plan of action, a kind of Marshall Plan, which will allow economic development in those countries.