LIBYA NEWS - Affirming that NATO was committing serious acts of genocide in its bombing of Libya, the Secretary of the Libyan General People's Committee, Baghdadi Mahmoudi, on Sunday complained bitterly to a number international organizations and figures. The complaint was sent to the President of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, its Secretary-General, the President of the current session of UN Security Council, the Presidents of the European Parliament, the European Commission, the African Commission, the Council of the Russian Duma, the Council of the People of China, the US Senate and Congress as well as some US senators. The message, which was also sent to the Foreign Minister of Russia, the Russian President's emissary in Libya, highlighted the serious violations committed by NATO against the Libyan people.

Mahmoudi accused NATO of perpetrating a collective genocide through the bombing of innocent civilians and civilian sites, residential areas and basic infrastructure in Libya.

PANA reports that NATO war planes Sunday at dawn bombed a residential district in the area of Souk Al-Jumaa (eastern suburb of Tripoli), killing nine people, including five members of the same family, and wounding 18 others.

The Libyan official called on the international organizations and bodies as well as Parliaments worldwide to intervene immediately to stop the violations and assault by NATO, which, he said, 'is committed today in a new phase of destruction of residential areas, as part of the operation of collective genocide and crime against humanity through the intimidation of peaceful civilians beyond the mandate of 1970-1973 resolutions of the UN Security Council.'

NATO, however, admitted bombing a residential district of Tripoli and of causing civilian casualties.

The commander of NATO operations in Libya, General Charles Bouchard, declared that a 'technical failure caused civilian casualties,' stressing at NATO was 'still investigating the incident'.

Pana 21/06/2011