Rift
The criticism comes amid a rift between anti-Gaddafi’s opposition forces and NATO over military attacks in Libya.
“NATO blesses us every now and then with a bombardment here and there, and is letting the people of Misrata die every day,” Abdel Fattah Younes, head of the opposition forces, said, Reuters reported.
“NATO has disappointed us.”
Misrata has been the focus of Gaddafi’s offensive, coming under daily attack by army tanks and snipers.
Younes said NATO was acting too slow, giving space to Gaddafi’s troops to advance into opposition-held areas.
“The reaction of NATO is very slow. One official calls another and then from the official to the head of NATO and from the head of NATO to the field commander. This takes eight hours,” Younes, a former interior minister in Gaddafi’s administration who defected, said.
“Misrata is being subjected to a full extermination.”
Younes said the opposition forces were considering referring what he said was slow decision-making by NATO to the UN Security Council which authorized its mission.
“NATO has become our problem,” he said.
An opposition spokesman said Gaddafi’s forces bombarded Misrata again on Tuesday.
“Misrata was shelled with tank fire, artillery and mortars,” the spokesman told Reuters.
“Unfortunately NATO operations have not been effective in Misrata. Civilians are dying every day.”
NATO, however, denied that it was acting too slowly to stop Gaddafi’s forces advance.
“The facts speak for themselves,” NATO spokesman Oana Lungescu said.
“The pace of operations since NATO took over has not abated. We have conducted 851 sorties in the past six days … we are fulfilling our mandate.”
Source: OnIslam
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