22:35 ET<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\nThe Obama administration has condemned what it says are “renewed atrocities” by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n
“Snipers have targeted civilians seeking medical assistance,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.<\/p>\n
Ms Clinton also said Libyan mercenaries had begun firing mortar rounds into residential areas.<\/p>\n
She added that coalition troops would work to stop all attacks on civilians, under Nato’s command.<\/p>\n
The Libyan regime had reportedly destroyed crucial food supply warehouses and cut off water and power to the rebel-held city of Misrata in an attempt to starve civilians into submission, Ms Clinton said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
She added that “thousands of civilians are being forced out of their homes by regime attacks with tanks and artillery”.<\/p>\n
“Under Nato’s command and control, the coalition is enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973 to protect innocent civilians in Libya,” she said, referring to the UN resolution that authorised the no-fly zone in the country and called for a stop to all attacks on civilians. <\/p>\n
“The international community continues to speak in one voice in support of a transition that leads to a brighter future for the Libyan people.”<\/p>\n
Continued bombing raids<\/span><\/p>\nMeanwhile, the Pentagon revealed on Wednesday that US warplanes continue to play a part in the bombing raids in Libya.<\/p>\n
The news comes two weeks after President Barack Obama said the US military would withdraw to a “supporting role” under Nato command. <\/p>\n
The BBC’s Steve Kingstone says although the Obama administration publicly insists Nato is capable of leading in Libya, there are signs that Washington is again seeking to wield its influence.<\/p>\n
Ms Clinton arrived early on Thursday in Berlin for Nato talks aimed at resolving friction within the Western alliance over sharing the burden of the Libya military campaign. <\/p>\n
Her arrival in Germany follows two days after the French foreign minister and British foreign secretary said Nato must do more to destroy heavy weaponry used by Col Gaddafi’s forces. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Excerpt from:
\nUS condemns Libyan ‘atrocities’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 13 April 2011 Last updated at 22:35 ET The Obama administration has condemned what it says are “renewed atrocities” by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"13 April 2011 Last updated at 22:35 ET The Obama administration has condemned what it says are "renewed atrocities" by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"US condemns Libyan ‘atrocities’\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-14T02:35:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\"},\"wordCount\":338,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\",\"name\":\"US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-14T02:35:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"13 April 2011 Last updated at 22:35 ET The Obama administration has condemned what it says are \"renewed atrocities\" by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"US condemns Libyan ‘atrocities’","datePublished":"2011-04-14T02:35:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/"},"wordCount":338,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/","name":"US condemns Libyan 'atrocities' - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-14T02:35:18+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/14\/us-condemns-libyan-atrocities\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}