NATO said Saturday that claims by Moamer Kadhafi’s regime that the alliance was perpetrating war crimes in Libya were “outrageous”. Responding to accusations of “war crimes and crimes against humanity” by Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi in Tripoli, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said in a statement that “the claims made by Kadhafi and members of his regime are outrageous.” “It is Kadhafi and his regime that have been systematically and brutally attacking the Libyan people.” Speaking at a Tripoli news conference, Mahmudi said his accusations were based on NATO “directly targeting civilian sites” with air raids over the past three days. “We are conducting operations with utmost care and precision to avoid civilian casualties,” Lungescu said. “Civilian casualties figures mentioned by the Libyan regime are pure propaganda.”
