New York .- 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 U.S. newspaper New York Times, has also seen the 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. 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. The 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.
Gradl rocket 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 that was heavily bombed yesterday, has revealed that the suburb of Qasr Ahmed was attacked with Grad missiles, which hit several houses and streets and one of them against the 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. 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 end the lives of civilians, according to The New York Times.
"This is a human tragedy," he speak out about 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. 22 dead and over 50 injured in MisrataAl least 22 people were killed and 50 wounded today by gadafistas Force strikes against the city of Misrata, according to the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera. 
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. 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. The 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.
Gradl rocket 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 that was heavily bombed yesterday, has revealed that the suburb of Qasr Ahmed was attacked with Grad missiles, which hit several houses and streets and one of them against the 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. 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 end the lives of civilians, according to The New York Times.
"This is a human tragedy," he speak out about 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. 22 dead and over 50 injured in MisrataAl least 22 people were killed and 50 wounded today by gadafistas Force strikes against the city of Misrata, according to the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera.
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