Senior Politician Blasts Arab States for Supporting Qaddafi's Crimes

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Libyan politician lambasted the Arab countries for keeping mum about the suppression of the Libyan people by Muammar Qaddafi, cautioning that silence of the Arab leaders is an overt support for the Libyan dictator.
"We criticize our Arab friends since when the Qaddafi regime was massacring the Libyan people, they refrained from supporting and defending this nation," Secretary-General of Libya's National Movement Meftah Lamloum told FNA on Monday.

Lamloum referred to the bombardment of Bin Ghazi at Qaddafi's order to kill his opponents who had gathered in the city, and complained why many Arab countries showed no reaction to such savage crimes.

Since the revolution against Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi's regime began in mid-February, hundreds have been killed and injured in clashes between Libyan revolutionaries and pro-Gaddafi forces.

Also, many civilians have reportedly been killed since the Western coalition unleashed a major air campaign against the Libyan regime forces on March 19 under a UN no-fly zone mandate.

The Western military alliance has refused to apologize for the deadly bombardments.

The developments come as Qaddafi continues clinging on power despite the NATO-led aerial attacks and a lengthening conflict with revolutionaries who now control roughly half of the North African country.

The revolutionary forces seek an end to Qaddafi's decades-long rule.