Nato launched more than 10,000 air raids on Libya in 2011 with over 500,000 Civilian Casualities. When they were questioned about civilian Casualities they insisted that it was collateral damages and that it happens in wars.
The country that had one of the highest standard of living in the world at the time. They bombed the country back to stone age. Libya's 42 years of progress, stability and development was destroyed.
NATO targeted Muammar Gaddafi household and bombarded his house. They killed two of Gaddafi's sons and grandchildren. They also killed Gaddafi's little adopted daughter, Hana Gaddafi.
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