The forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, have attacked with cluster bombs and Spanish-made surface-to-earth residential areas of Libya, according to testimony from witnesses and survivors gathered by the American newspaper "New York Times, which has also been witness evidence on the ground left by the heavy weaponry used by the regime.
According to the American newspaper, the remnants of cluster bombs, which has been examined and photographed, mortar shells correspond to MAT-120, consisting of 21 sub-munitions designed to destroy light armored vehicles and kill people. The components of the 120-mm ammunition, according to the marks contained in the remains, were manufactured in Spain in 2007, before this country from signing the International Convention against cluster bombs and destroy their stockpiles.
Libya has never signed the international agreement. The news coincides with the request from France for the UN to make a new resolution in relation to the country. At present, it is emphasized that all operations should be directed to avoid killing civilians. Paris has suggested on Friday to extend its military objectives and NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he had "indications" that members of the Alliance of additional aircraft will provide the organization.
However, on Thursday the NATO countries were not very willing to send more aircraft for the operation. Defence Ministry sources have told ELMUNDO Spanish. is that it can not confirm or deny the report because they do not control the sale of weapons. However, they insisted that in 2007 armanamento such was not prohibited and that Spain was among the countries that put more emphasis on when to enter before the Treaty of Dublin to ban these weapons.
ELMUNDO. is reported in February that Spain sold the Libyan government-aircraft defense equipment and imaging equipment, worth 6.9 million euros in the first half of 2010 in violation of Article 8 of Law 53/2007 on Arms Trade. For his part, Gaddafi's regime has been quick to refute the information of the New York Times.
"I challenge you to prove it," said the Libyan government spokesman, Ibrahim Musa. "By using these pumps, the evidence would remain for days and weeks, and we know that the international community will soon come in droves to our country and we can not do," he argues. The newspaper "New York Times has said that the use of cluster bombs in the city of Misrata was evident on Thursday night, when several mortar shells exploded 120 mm in the air above the city disperse explosive submunitions.
Cluster bombs are not the only heavy weapons employed by Gaddafi's forces in the town of Misrata. An examination of the area near the port city, which was bombed heavily this Thursday, has revealed that the suburb of Qasr Ahmed was attacked with Grad missiles, which hit several houses and streets and one of them against wall of a mosque.
Grad rockets, a weapon system designed by the Soviet Union to attack with multiple explosions a battlefield, have been identified by fragments and debris left behind, some with markings indicating they were manufactured during the Cold War. These projectiles were launched by Gaddafi's forces from launching systems trucks, each equipped with twelve launchers and tubes with a wide range of about a dozen miles or more.
One of the Grad rocket launched on Thursday killed eight civilians, have told the U.S. newspaper survivors and witnesses, who have shown the holes left by bullets in a park. This Friday, at least 22 people have died and 50 others were injured by the attacks in Misrata gadafistas forces, according to the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera, which claims that bombarded the city with Grad missiles, artillery and trucks combat.
Thursday's attacks and evidence of the use of cluster bombs and Grad rockets aimed at the Gaddafi regime has decided to use the weapons Misrata campaign designed to destroy civilian lives, the newspaper "New York Times . "This is a human tragedy," he complained Ali Salem, a resident of the district of Qasr Ahmed, who has told their children have trouble sleeping now.
"What else can you call when you are bombarded with artillery, rockets and mortar to people who are sleeping safely in their homes?" He added. One of the Grad rocket that hit the district of Qasr Ahmed claimed the lives of several people who were queuing to get food. "I threw to the ground when the explosions started," he told Ali Hmoud, an employee of the port.
"My friend did not. He lost his head," he assured. Cluster bombs, which scatter high-explosive munitions over a wide area, can not be fired accurately and when they reach civilian areas are a serious risk to the public. During a press conference in Berlin, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said it is not "aware" that have been used cluster bombs and other heavy weapons in Misrata, but has made clear it would not be surprised by what that may have been Colonel Qaddafi and his forces.
"That's a troubling information. It is one of the reasons why the fight Misrata is so difficult, because it develops from nearby neighborhoods in urban areas poses challenges both for NATO and for the opposition, "he added. 
According to the American newspaper, the remnants of cluster bombs, which has been examined and photographed, mortar shells correspond to MAT-120, consisting of 21 sub-munitions designed to destroy light armored vehicles and kill people. The components of the 120-mm ammunition, according to the marks contained in the remains, were manufactured in Spain in 2007, before this country from signing the International Convention against cluster bombs and destroy their stockpiles.
Libya has never signed the international agreement. The news coincides with the request from France for the UN to make a new resolution in relation to the country. At present, it is emphasized that all operations should be directed to avoid killing civilians. Paris has suggested on Friday to extend its military objectives and NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said he had "indications" that members of the Alliance of additional aircraft will provide the organization.
However, on Thursday the NATO countries were not very willing to send more aircraft for the operation. Defence Ministry sources have told ELMUNDO Spanish. is that it can not confirm or deny the report because they do not control the sale of weapons. However, they insisted that in 2007 armanamento such was not prohibited and that Spain was among the countries that put more emphasis on when to enter before the Treaty of Dublin to ban these weapons.
ELMUNDO. is reported in February that Spain sold the Libyan government-aircraft defense equipment and imaging equipment, worth 6.9 million euros in the first half of 2010 in violation of Article 8 of Law 53/2007 on Arms Trade. For his part, Gaddafi's regime has been quick to refute the information of the New York Times.
"I challenge you to prove it," said the Libyan government spokesman, Ibrahim Musa. "By using these pumps, the evidence would remain for days and weeks, and we know that the international community will soon come in droves to our country and we can not do," he argues. The newspaper "New York Times has said that the use of cluster bombs in the city of Misrata was evident on Thursday night, when several mortar shells exploded 120 mm in the air above the city disperse explosive submunitions.
Cluster bombs are not the only heavy weapons employed by Gaddafi's forces in the town of Misrata. An examination of the area near the port city, which was bombed heavily this Thursday, has revealed that the suburb of Qasr Ahmed was attacked with Grad missiles, which hit several houses and streets and one of them against wall of a mosque.
Grad rockets, a weapon system designed by the Soviet Union to attack with multiple explosions a battlefield, have been identified by fragments and debris left behind, some with markings indicating they were manufactured during the Cold War. These projectiles were launched by Gaddafi's forces from launching systems trucks, each equipped with twelve launchers and tubes with a wide range of about a dozen miles or more.
One of the Grad rocket launched on Thursday killed eight civilians, have told the U.S. newspaper survivors and witnesses, who have shown the holes left by bullets in a park. This Friday, at least 22 people have died and 50 others were injured by the attacks in Misrata gadafistas forces, according to the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera, which claims that bombarded the city with Grad missiles, artillery and trucks combat.
Thursday's attacks and evidence of the use of cluster bombs and Grad rockets aimed at the Gaddafi regime has decided to use the weapons Misrata campaign designed to destroy civilian lives, the newspaper "New York Times . "This is a human tragedy," he complained Ali Salem, a resident of the district of Qasr Ahmed, who has told their children have trouble sleeping now.
"What else can you call when you are bombarded with artillery, rockets and mortar to people who are sleeping safely in their homes?" He added. One of the Grad rocket that hit the district of Qasr Ahmed claimed the lives of several people who were queuing to get food. "I threw to the ground when the explosions started," he told Ali Hmoud, an employee of the port.
"My friend did not. He lost his head," he assured. Cluster bombs, which scatter high-explosive munitions over a wide area, can not be fired accurately and when they reach civilian areas are a serious risk to the public. During a press conference in Berlin, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said it is not "aware" that have been used cluster bombs and other heavy weapons in Misrata, but has made clear it would not be surprised by what that may have been Colonel Qaddafi and his forces.
"That's a troubling information. It is one of the reasons why the fight Misrata is so difficult, because it develops from nearby neighborhoods in urban areas poses challenges both for NATO and for the opposition, "he added.
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