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2022-03-16 09:09:42 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This is false. First, if 500,000 civilians were actually killed, there would be overwhelming evidence available (not to mention a crisis of historic levels). Second, civilians *were* harmed in the strikes, but in the range of less than or around *100* people total. See https://www.hrw.org/report/2012/05/13/unacknowledged-deaths/civilian-casualties-natos-air-campaign-libya

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• This is false. First, if 500,000 civilians were actually killed, there would be overwhelming evidence available (not to mention a crisis of historic levels). Second, civilians *were* harmed in the strikes, but in the range of less than or around *100* people total. See https://www.hrw.org/report/2012/05/13/unacknowledged-deaths/civilian-casualties-natos-air-campaign-libya