Libyan Atrocities: Do They Really Stand Up?
By PATRICK COCKBURN - June 20, 2011
In war, accounts of atrocities need to be treated with skepticism...[I]n war people, motivated by fear, self-interest or a simple desire to make sense of a confusing and terrifying situation, make things up. And in the midst of a fast-moving conflict it is more than usually difficult to prove them wrong.


