Op zondag alleen (21 augustus 2011) werden 1.300 burgers in Tripoli van kant gemaakt, en op z'n minst 5.000 gewond.
Het aantal regeringstroepen dat door de NAVO-"rebellen" van kant werd gemaakt moet in de tienduizenden liggen.
According to NATO itself, at least half of Libya's armed forces were "degraded" - Pentagon/NATO speak for killed or seriously wounded. That means tens of thousands of dead people. That also explains the mysterious disappearance of the 65,000 soldiers in charge of defending Tripoli. And it largely explains why the Gaddafi regime, in power for 42 years, then crumbled in roughly 24 hours.
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