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Refugees who flew Libya arrive on a boat on the Italian island of Lampedusa on April 19, 2011. 760 people were aboard a 20-meter boat arriving from Libya.
Friday, Aug. 05, 2011

Open quoteNATO must understand it is not there just to shell Libyan cities.Close quote

  • FEDERICO BRICOLO,
  • Italian Senator, criticizing NATO after Italy demanded that it investigate a report that a NATO warship blockading Libya repeatedly ignored pleas to help distressed and dying asylum seekers who were stranded at sea after fleeing the war-torn country
Photo: Mauro Seminara/AFP/Getty Images | Source: Guardian