Categoria: Africa

What’s it costing British taxpayers to bomb Libya?

Smoke rises after a Nato air strike on the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Photograph: Str/EPA   This weekend provided sobering reminders of the human and financial cost of the three-month bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime: in Tripoli several civilians appeared to have been killed by a Nato strike; while in London the Treasury chief secretary, Danny …

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Nato suggests ‘weapons systems failure’ in Tripoli raid

Nato has admitted “a weapons systems failure” may have led to civilian casualties in Sunday morning’s air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The alliance said the intended target was a missile site, but “it appears that one weapon” did not hit it. The Libyan government earlier said Nato had bombed a residential area, killing …

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Outside the Law – review

Outside the Law (l-r): Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila and Roschdy Zem. ‘Bouchareb’s model is The Godfather’s tight?knit Corleone family.’   The still highly controversial colonial war that France fought in Algeria from the mid-1950s until the granting of independence in 1962 has only been patchily reflected in the cinema. It figures significantly in the background in …

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