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West's Strikes on Libya Hit Arab League Criticism.

Posted: Mar 20, 2011

Libyan state television showed footage from an unidentified hospital of what it called victims of the "colonial enemy." Ten bodies were wrapped up in white and blue bed sheets, and several people were wounded, one of them badly, the television said.

Western intervention, after weeks of diplomatic wrangling, was welcomed with a mix of apprehension and relief in Benghazi, where the main hospital was filled with men, women and children wounded in Saturday's assault on the city by Gaddafi's forces.

"We salute France, Britain, the United States and the Arab countries for standing with Libya. But we think Gaddafi will take out his anger on civilians. So the West has to hit him hard," said civil servant Khalid al-Ghurfaly, 38.

Outside the eastern city, the advance by Gaddafi's troops was stopped in its tracks with smoldering, shattered tanks and troop carriers littering the main road. The charred bodies of at least 14 government soldiers lay scattered in the desert.

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But this article is a better explanation.

In fact, the head of the Arab League criticized the international strikes today, saying they caused civilian deaths. Libya said 48 people were killed in the strikes but there was no other official confirmation.

The U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and also "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.

"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians, not the shelling of more civilians," said Secretary-General Amr Moussa, according to Egypt's official state news agency.

It was the latest flip-flop from Moussa, who said the Arab League would reject the idea of military intervention from the West immediately after it endorsed the no-fly zone on March 12.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/20/as-western-allies-strike-libya-where-is-the-arab-league/this article is a better explanation.

this article has a better explanation:

Despite the so-called "Arab Spring" and the 22-state Arab League's backing of the U.N.-authorized no-fly zone over Libya, no Arab nation participated in Saturday's military intervention and none are publicly supporting it.
In fact, the head of the Arab League criticized the international strikes today, saying they caused civilian deaths. Libya said 48 people were killed in the strikes but there was no other official confirmation.
The U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and also "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians, not the shelling of more civilians," said Secretary-General Amr Moussa, according to Egypt's official state news agency.
It was the latest flip-flop from Moussa, who said the Arab League would reject the idea of military intervention from the West immediately after it endorsed the no-fly zone on March 12.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/20/as-western-allies-strike-libya-where-is-the-arab-league/

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