Well of course it happens and perhaps this is one time it is good that it is under the NATO umbrella. Wasn't the reason we all are bombing there was to protect civilians from Kaddafi?
At least the Libyans can't blame the USA ,or can they?
This from Sky ;
"Libyan authorities claimed nine people were killed in the air strike in the east of the capital, including a family of five.
The military alliance said the errant strike may have been due to "a weapons system failure".
"Nato regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and takes great care in conducting strikes against a regime determined to use violence against its own citizens," Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, the commander of alliance operations in Libya, said.
"Although we are still determining the specifics of this event, indications are that a weapons system failure may have caused this incident."
Nato did not disclose which country's aircraft were involved. The Ministry of Defence said RAF warplanes were not operating in the area at the time."The Link
Boucahard 's statement was quite compassionate but he forgot to add that NATO will continue to regret each time NATO accidently kills civilians.
The last sentence of the quote is particulary interesting, that the Brit Ministry of Defence thought it important to announce it was not the UK who killed the innocent civilians.
If it wasn't a Brit sortie what are the odds which country's planes it was?
At least the Libyans can't blame the USA ,or can they?
This from Sky ;
"Libyan authorities claimed nine people were killed in the air strike in the east of the capital, including a family of five.
The military alliance said the errant strike may have been due to "a weapons system failure".
"Nato regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives and takes great care in conducting strikes against a regime determined to use violence against its own citizens," Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, the commander of alliance operations in Libya, said.
"Although we are still determining the specifics of this event, indications are that a weapons system failure may have caused this incident."
Nato did not disclose which country's aircraft were involved. The Ministry of Defence said RAF warplanes were not operating in the area at the time."The Link
Boucahard 's statement was quite compassionate but he forgot to add that NATO will continue to regret each time NATO accidently kills civilians.
The last sentence of the quote is particulary interesting, that the Brit Ministry of Defence thought it important to announce it was not the UK who killed the innocent civilians.
If it wasn't a Brit sortie what are the odds which country's planes it was?
