29 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the humanitarian concerns used to justify UN Resolution 1973 which enabled the bombing of Libya and in view of the daily routine violations of international humanitarian law during the NATO campaign; and his further views that, far from humanitarian concerns, the NATO bombing was supporting one side in a civil war and that the bombing campaign was part of an offensive to capture Africa’s vast natural resources and in no sense different to the imperialist scramble for Africa at the end of the 19 century. [33644/11]

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29 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the humanitarian concerns used to justify UN Resolution 1973 which enabled the bombing of Libya and in view of the daily routine violations of international humanitarian law during the NATO campaign; and his further views that, far from humanitarian concerns, the NATO bombing was supporting one side in a civil war and that the bombing campaign was part of an offensive to capture Africa’s vast natural resources and in no sense different to the imperialist scramble for Africa at the end of the 19 century. [33644/11]

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