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NATO changes Libya tactics due to human shields

Rebel fighters load a launcher with a rocket on the eastern outskirts of Brega on Tuesday (Reuters photo by Andrew Winning)
Rebel fighters load a launcher with a rocket on the eastern outskirts of Brega on Tuesday (Reuters photo by Andrew Winning)

Western powers have destroyed nearly a third of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s military since launching air strikes last month but NATO has been forced to change bombing tactics because of human shields.

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