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Tripoli death toll up to 19: state TV
1 of 4. Smoke rises above buildings in Tripoli May 24, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Louafi Larbi
CAIRO |
CAIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from NATO air strikes on Tripoli and its suburbs has risen to 19, Libyan state television reported on Tuesday, showing footage of civilians with head wounds.
NATO warplanes delivered some of their heaviest air strikes yet to Muammar Gaddafi's compound after the United States said the Libyan leader would "inevitably" be forced from power.
"Nineteen civilians martyred and 150 were wounded in a crusader NATO strike on Tripoli and its suburbs," Jamahiriya television said, airing footage of at least three young men on stretchers with gaping head wounds and covered with dust.
A Libyan government spokesman had earlier said three people had been killed and 150 wounded, and that the casualties were local residents.
A NATO official said the strikes hit a military facility that had been used to launch attacks on civilians.
(Writing by Sami Aboudi)
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It seems pretty clear that for whatever reason, Obama has started listening to the Warhawks. While the situation in Libya in March could not be ignored by the UN, we have to ask if NATO is really helping the situation or not at this point. Are things better for the Libyans who want political change than they were before the UN got directly involved?
It was congress, back in the days of the Vietnam war. Do a search on the “War Powers Resolution.”
However, Bush, like O’bama and virtually every president since the resolution, argued that the resolution was meaningless because the constitution grants the right to declare war to the president.
Bush however avoided conflict with congress by complying with the resolution. To the best of my knowledge, O’bama has not complied.
President is Commander-in-Chief and thus has authoritiy to direct use of military force.
Congress has right to declare war. Read the Library of Congress Law web site write-up on the resolution and it will all be clear as mud…
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