Editor's Comment: The first video republished below shows the people of Zliten, Libya following the merciless attack by British war planes from approximately two o'clock to four o'clock on the morning of August 8. The video is in Arabic but the panic and horror on their faces and the physical evidence of civilian slaughter need no translation.

The second video is an appeal by English-speaking Musa Ibrahim, a Libyan government spokesman. He is speaking to western journalists at the site of the Zliten bombing with the Libyan people gathered around him. Ibrahim says to the journalists, "This is not a lecture. It's an appeal."

"The killing of civilians is a result of a war of imperial conquest against an entire people who resist the occupation in whatever form is appropriate to their circumstance."

Afghanistan: Why Civilians Are Killed
- James Petras, Axis of Logic

The 85 babies, children, women and men slain and many others critically injured by the British contingent of NATO were unarmed with no Libyan military presence in the area. Finished with their evening prayers after a day of fasting during Ramadan, most were sleeping in their beds. The capitalist media in New York, London, Paris and other western cities will not show these videos on their television networks. Those media are as guilty of these murders as the pilots who pulled the triggers and the leaders of western countries who are executing this criminal war.

Stealth

I am the spirit of the blue,
esteemed, supported by my crew,
Courage, stealth, power and speed,
we're trained elite, a rarified breed.
Coordinates, charts, gauges glow,
bet they're scramblin' far below!
Silent cockpits in the sky,
pushing buttons five miles high.

- Les Blough, Editor
Axis of Logic

According to an article in the Eastern Daily Post the NATO planes involved in this raid were RAF Tornados which flew the 3,000 miles of this mission from RAF Marham in Norfolk supported by VC10 and TriStar aerial refuelling tankers attacking what they describe as a “staging post” in Zliten.

"In the early hours of Monday morning [August 8], RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft conducted precision strikes on an ammunition and vehicle depot, and a military communications facility, both near Zlitan.

"On Tuesday night [August 9], an RAF patrol returned to Zlitan and conducted a precision strike on a barracks and military staging post."

- Eastern Daily Post

NATO spokesman, Colonel Roland Lavoie said of the Zliten NATO bombings: “No evidence of civilian casualties” and that Zliten was "a legitimate target." (Source: New York Post)

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Tweet of UK Chief of Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer and Ministry of Defence spokesman on military operations:

http://twitter.com/#!/UKMilOps/status/100522003202711552

At the 9 August NATO press conference, NATO spokesman, Colonel Roland Lavoie, said there had been attacks on two “huge agricultural buildings” with ”military tents and temporary accommodation” beside them in Zlitan at 11.30 pm, 11.45 pm and 2.34 am local times the night before.

He was aware of the reports of patients in the Zlitan hospital being ill or dead. He had not yet received a battle damage assessment but there was

“no evidence so far that has reached us that could suggest there have been civilian casualties.”

Source: Human Rights Investigations

NATO Massacres of Civilians Aimed at ‘Cleansing’ the Libyan People’s Resistance

Photographic Evidence of NATO War Crimes
By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

TRIPOLI, Global Research, August 10, 2011 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) conducted intensive attacks on Libyan civilians in the night of August 8 and in the early hours of August 9, 2011 from approximately 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. EET.

Civilians in Tripoli and many other cities in Libya were bombed indiscriminately by NATO.

A large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the district of Misurata. In Zliten, 85 people were killed including 33 children, 32 women, and 20 men as a result of NATO’s deliberate targeting of residential areas and civilian infrastructure. Many of the injured civilian victims are in critical condition and near death.

Zliten has been under constant NATO bombardment for several days. The recent NATO attacks started at about 11:30 p.m. EET on August 8, 2011. At least 7 civilian homes belonging to local farmers were destroyed, killing entire families. In all 20 families were the targets of the NATO bombings.

The images below pertain to destroyed farm houses in Majer, near Zliten.

Colonel Roland Lavoie, NATO’s official military spokesperson for Operation Unified Protector, confirmed that NATO bombed Zliten at 11:45 p.m. on August 8, 2011 and 2:34 a.m. on August 9, 2011.

In a second round of bombing, NATO targeted the same homes once more when local residents had arrived to the rescue of those who had been bombed.

Dismembered bodies were recovered from the ruble throughout the day. According to a Libyan eyewitness, a pregnant woman was killed with her dead unborn child exposed out of her torn body.

Media Disinformation

The only members of the international press that reported the damage of the bombings in detail were Russia Today (RT), TeleSUR, Chinese Central Television (CCTV), and independent journalists.

CNN was present taking footage, but essentially released nothing and distorted the facts. (See photos below)

Many of the journalists from NATO countries also held meetings on how to disseminate the news.

NATO claims categorically that the areas bombed were “legitimate” military targets and that there is no evidence of civilian casualties.

Colonel Lavoie stated that NATO had solid intelligence which confirmed that the farm houses were “military bases.” This statement is false and in total contradiction with realities on the ground including photographic and film evidence (see the photographs below).

Areas in Zliten and Majer (Mager) were bombed by NATO for strategic reasons. The bombing of civilian areas is tied to the planning of NATO’s offensive against Tripoli.

The Libyan clans in these areas have made it clear that they would fight the Transitional Council should its forces try to move westward against Tripoli from their position in Misurata. NATO deliberately bombed these areas “to clear the way” towards Tripoli.

Thousands of people also came to the funerals of the victims of the NATO attacks.

Jamahiraya Satellite Channel was also bombed by NATO. This was part of NATO’s efforts to contain information from coming out of Libya regarding the realities of the war.

NATO is running out of steam and the Transitional Council is near collapse.

NATO’s killing of civilians is intended to force the Libyan population into surrendering. The “Responsibility to Protect” is an utter shame. A few days earlier NATO let another boatload of migrants and refugees die in the Mediterranean Sea.

HRW has sent a team to Tripoli from its head office in New York, which has pushed for a settlement between the Benghazi-based Transitional Council and the Libyan government. Although independent, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is known to liaise with the U.S. State Department.

A concrete factory and a Libyan cultural centre in Al-Khams were also bombed by NATO which has also announced that it will attack civilian sites.

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya reporting from Tripoli is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

Source: Global Research