Nato liable for civilian victims in Libya

The Nato leadership admitted on Monday that it inadvertently hit a residential building during an air strike on the Libyan capital Tripoli. The mistake should be clarified and those responsible made to bear the consequences, demands the left-liberal daily El País: "The intervention of the alliance is completely pointless if instead of protecting the population as the United Nations has ordered it becomes an additional risk. The leadership of the alliance has apologised for the mistake. This was a necessary gesture but by no means enough if we reject the concept of 'collateral damage'. The bombing in Tripoli should be thoroughly investigated, and depending on the results it is crucial that those responsible are called to account. If they are not it would be tantamount to at least partially justifying actions for which the enemy has quite rightly been criticised."

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