THE chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Peace initiatives Mr Edward Lowasa has condemned the western allies NATO, led by the USA for invading Libya for no apparent reason at all.
Mr Lowasa, who was the Tanzania's prime minister in the first five-year term of president Jakaya Kikwete, before being forced to resign on bribery scandals was reacting to a barrage of questions from Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) crew members in Dodoma yesterday. Mr Lowasa is still the MP for Mbulu constuituency.
"The alleged purpose of U.N. Security Council resolution 1973, passed on March 17, was to seek to protect Libyan civilians from violent attacks by both sides. But alas, In NATO's eager hands, it has rapidly mutated into a straightforward bid to destroy Qaddafi's regime, specifically to murder Qaddafi, financially, politically and militarily by missile or bombardment and no doubt by land-based teams of Special Force assassins now deployed in the desert," he said.
He condemned also the cowardly attitude of African Union leaders for keeping mum on the issue without helping Qaddhafi, who was a staunch supporter of Africa.
"I'm saddened by the cowardly attitude shown by African leaders for not acting quickly to solve the problem which has turned into a humanitarian disaster. Libya's oil infrastructures, roads and airports have been bombed and thousands of people have been killed and injured and it remain a poorer country than ever before," he added.
NATO says more than 10,000 sorties have been flown over Libya since operations began, which shows how the Western allies have no regard to humanity.
This includes 3,794 "strike" bombing raids across the country. In the heaviest strikes yet, concentrating on attacks in Tripoli, NATO launched 157 strike missions on Tuesday, more than three times the previous daily average.
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