Mon Mar 21, 2011
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
“Civilian victims have now begun to appear because some bombs are launched – 200, 400 bombs from out there at sea – and those bombs fall where they fall,” the Associated Press quoted Chavez as saying on Sunday.
With the second round of aerial strikes in Tripoli, Chavez called the US, Britain and France to “the aggression against Libya,” adding that the still-unfolding crisis in the North African country can be resolved only through dialogue.
He made the remarks one day after the US, Britain and French fighter jets, ships and submarines shelled positions of pro-Gaddafi forces with Tomahawk and Stormshadow cruise missiles.
French fighter jets carried out several strikes in the opposition-controlled east as part of efforts to muscle out pro-Gaddafi forces, who hammered Benghazi in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Anti-aircraft fire erupted in Tripoli on Sunday, marking the beginning of a second round of foreign forces’ strikes on the country amid reports by the Libyan media that civilians are being killed during the aerial assaults.
“The Yankee empire took the decision to depose Gaddafi, to take advantage of the insurgency to topple him, and even kill him, and over an ocean of blood take possession of the (Libyan) oil,” Chavez stated.
“Don’t even think of coming here for Venezuela’s oil,” he warned the US government against adopting any similar measure in the South American country.
Experts have echoed similar concerns, saying the main motive behind the Western allies’ attack is the vast oil reserves in Libya.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Sunday dominant powers occupy other countries to gain their interests under the pretext of supporting people.
A spokesman for anti-government forces in Libya has said more than 8,000 Libyans and opposition forces have been killed since the onset of the revolution on February 15.
i applaud chavez for his forwardness with the u.s., i believe him, i think obama is a murderer in collusion with his generals, fuck congress and the u.s. is the attitude quit obvious with obama and the generals lying on tv