No-Fly Zone Over Libya Approved!

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Just hours away for first air strikes by joined forces from UK, France, US and Arab nations.

Libya: UN security council backs no-fly zone and air strikes

(Guardian) – The vote late Thursday was 10-0 with five abstentions, including Russia and China.

British, French and US military aircraft are preparing to protect the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi after the United Nations security council voted in favour of a no-fly zone and air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

With Gaddafi’s troops closing in on Benghazi, the French prime minister, Francois Fillon, said “time is of the essence” and that France would support military action set to take place within hours.

Jets could take off from French military bases along the Mediterranean coast, about 750 miles from Libya. Several Arab countries would join the operation.

“Any foreign military act against Libya will expose all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea to danger and civilian and military (facilities) will become targets of Libya’s counter-attack,” said the statement broadcast on Libyan television and distributed by the official news agency JANA.

The Libyan remarks came as the the United States wants the United Nations to authorize not just a no-fly zone to aid Libyan rebels but also air strikes against Libyan tanks and heavy artillery, according to US officials.

UN security council resolution 1973 (2011) on Libya – full text

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Oui on March 18, 2011 at 5:34 am

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Contrary to Dick Lugar, I’ll side with John Kerry on this one and a call for fundamental CHANGE! Our true adversaries in the Middle-East are the extremists in Israel and Saudi Arabia. Both from the fundamentalist religious view of their world. Participating in the no-fly zone military operation are the Emirates and Qatar.

“The will of the Libyan people will in my judgment prevail,” contradicting last week’s testimony by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who predicted that Qaddafi would win out.

Kerry also argued that America’s reliance on foreign oil had led to a misguided foreign policy in the Middle East.

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“We had relationships that focused on leaders rather than people and that’s part of the energy dependency we are locked into. We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.”

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

Oui on March 18, 2011 at 6:52 pm

Winning over Obama was key moment in securing Libya no-fly zone

How Arab League’s backing of no-fly zone and frantic diplomatic efforts by Britain and France pushed White House into action

(Guardian) – When, earlier this week, Britain and France tabled a draft resolution for initial discussion at the UN on imposing a no-fly zone it was seen as an act of desperation, a throw of the dice. Britain had no clear view of how Barack Obama would fall, but decided there was no alternative but to force the pace.

As the substantive discussions started at the UN in New York on Wednesday, and more rebel towns fell in the east of Libya, David Cameron appeared to have lost the battle. Cables from Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the UK ambassador to the UN, did not rule out winning support, but a no-fly zone looked increasingly like a belated, and irrelevant, response to the advancing ground troops.

But there were whispers that America might be developing an alternative strategy.

In public, Cameron sounded more and more like a lonely voice but, in private, he did not stop working the phones. On Wednesday he rang the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his most trusted personal sounding board in the Middle East, as well as the King of Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Hamad Jassim ibn Jaber al Than. The Qatar flag flies in many parts of Benghazi in tribute to the forward diplomatic stance Qatar has taken among Arab states.

Cameron also sought military advice from the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, an ally from the G20, and someone with influence in Washington.

Cameron spoke to the King of Jordan, a critical figure in shaping Middle East opinion, Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa who is a current member of the UN security council, as well as the non-interventionist German chancellor, Angela Merkel.

David Cameron praised for decisive action over Libya

Bahrain destroys Pearl roundabout
As hundreds of men chanted anti-regime slogans, Fadhil Radhi, 45, stepped forward. “I have a message for Obama,” he said. “He asked for change and change took him to the top. But since then he has given these people (Bahrain’s ruling al-Khalifa family) the green light.”The people know the truth now, it is not like before. They cannot hide things, the media is strong and it reveals their lies. Obama knows it too and he has to show us what change means.”

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

Oui on March 19, 2011 at 4:31 pm

US takes lead of Western coalition’s attack on Libya

(France24) – A coalition with the US, UK, France, Italy and Canada has launched a strike against Libya, with a US warship deploying cruise missiles just a few hours after French jets hit their first targets. Libyan state TV reports civilian targets have been hit.

US begins assault against Libyan air defenses

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

observer393 on March 21, 2011 at 2:56 am

So now the west covered by a little resolution joins Gaddafi, his defected ex-regime allies and a bunch of tribes who can change sides at any time in killing civilians.

Oui on March 18, 2011 at 5:34 am
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Contrary to Dick Lugar, I’ll side with John Kerry on this one and a call for fundamental CHANGE! Our true adversaries in the Middle-East are the extremists in Israel and Saudi Arabia. Both from the fundamentalist religious view of their world. Participating in the no-fly zone military operation are the Emirates and Qatar.

“The will of the Libyan people will in my judgment prevail,” contradicting last week’s testimony by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who predicted that Qaddafi would win out.

Kerry also argued that America’s reliance on foreign oil had led to a misguided foreign policy in the Middle East.

« click

“We had relationships that focused on leaders rather than people and that’s part of the energy dependency we are locked into. We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.”
- Herzliya ICT report – The Saudi Double-Game
- A Shi’a-Sunni War of International Dimension Looms Ahead
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
Oui on March 18, 2011 at 6:52 pm
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Winning over Obama was key moment in securing Libya no-fly zone

How Arab League’s backing of no-fly zone and frantic diplomatic efforts by Britain and France pushed White House into action

(Guardian) – When, earlier this week, Britain and France tabled a draft resolution for initial discussion at the UN on imposing a no-fly zone it was seen as an act of desperation, a throw of the dice. Britain had no clear view of how Barack Obama would fall, but decided there was no alternative but to force the pace.

As the substantive discussions started at the UN in New York on Wednesday, and more rebel towns fell in the east of Libya, David Cameron appeared to have lost the battle. Cables from Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the UK ambassador to the UN, did not rule out winning support, but a no-fly zone looked increasingly like a belated, and irrelevant, response to the advancing ground troops.

But there were whispers that America might be developing an alternative strategy.

In public, Cameron sounded more and more like a lonely voice but, in private, he did not stop working the phones. On Wednesday he rang the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his most trusted personal sounding board in the Middle East, as well as the King of Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Hamad Jassim ibn Jaber al Than. The Qatar flag flies in many parts of Benghazi in tribute to the forward diplomatic stance Qatar has taken among Arab states.

Cameron also sought military advice from the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, an ally from the G20, and someone with influence in Washington.

Cameron spoke to the King of Jordan, a critical figure in shaping Middle East opinion, Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa who is a current member of the UN security council, as well as the non-interventionist German chancellor, Angela Merkel.

David Cameron praised for decisive action over Libya
- Bahrain destroys Pearl roundabout
  As hundreds of men chanted anti-regime slogans, Fadhil Radhi, 45, stepped forward. “I have a message for Obama,” he said. “He asked for change and change took him to the top. But since then he has given these people (Bahrain’s ruling al-Khalifa family) the green light.”The people know the truth now, it is not like before. They cannot hide things, the media is strong and it reveals their lies. Obama knows it too and he has to show us what change means.”
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
Oui on March 19, 2011 at 4:31 pm

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US takes lead of Western coalition’s attack on Libya

(France24) – A coalition with the US, UK, France, Italy and Canada has launched a strike against Libya, with a US warship deploying cruise missiles just a few hours after French jets hit their first targets. Libyan state TV reports civilian targets have been hit.

US begins assault against Libyan air defenses

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
observer393 on March 21, 2011 at 2:56 am

So now the west covered by a little resolution joins Gaddafi, his defected ex-regime allies and a bunch of tribes who can change sides at any time in killing civilians.

No-Fly Zone Over Libya Approved!

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