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If they had Nukes then Us wouldn't have the guts to threat Libya
No only if they were united.
Libya: Qaddhafi Violates Ceasefire, Foreign Forces Mount Attack
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No only if they were united.
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If they had Nukes then Us wouldn't have the guts to threat Libya
So you guys oppose the bombing of Libya and in essence support Qadaffi ?
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My friend, I'm sorry as I will not be able to offer much discussion due to my present location.
Essentially, I agree with your point of view with a little difference.. But anyway, carry on the discussion.. I'll be mostly following the posts rather then posting much.. only news pieces..
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12:35pm GMT: The Arab League chief says that the UN resolution was aimed at protecting civilians and not did not back any invasion, and said he did not want any side "to go too far".
Amr Moussa said participation of any Arab state in implementing a "no-fly" zone or in other action would be discussed on a bilateral level as the League's own resolution backing a "no-fly" zone had not specified other steps by states.
The goal is to protect civilians first of all, and not to invade or occupy. The resolution is clear on that point.
We don't want any side to go too far, including Libya by attacking the civilian population. Our main task is to protect the Libyan civilian population. This is our task, this is our goal.
Amr Moussa said participation of any Arab state in implementing a "no-fly" zone or in other action would be discussed on a bilateral level as the League's own resolution backing a "no-fly" zone had not specified other steps by states.
The goal is to protect civilians first of all, and not to invade or occupy. The resolution is clear on that point.
We don't want any side to go too far, including Libya by attacking the civilian population. Our main task is to protect the Libyan civilian population. This is our task, this is our goal.
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The United Nations seems on the brink of taking a momentous decision. After hanging back for days the Americans have now not only backed the British and French resolution on Libya but beefed it up. The fact that the French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, will be here in person is a sign of French confidence that the Russians and Chinese won't block the resolution.
The latest draft I have seen goes well beyond calling for a no-fly zone. It says that the Arab League, individual nations and organizations like Nato are authorized to "take all necessary measures...to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat...including Benghazi, while excluding an occupation force."
I am told the first strikes will be unilateral ones by British and French aircraft. They could be in the air within hours. It is likely five Arab air forces will take part. Hillary Clinton has said it will mean bombing Libyan air defences. Nato will step up if asked but could take a while.
Although there have been other recent UN operations this would be the most serious intervention in a crisis for a long time, a marked contrast to the division over Iraq. That does not ease the worries of some in the administration that this will still be labeled an American war and they will be dragged deeper and deeper into the affairs of another Arab nation.
BBC - Mark Mardell's America: Libya airstrikes could start 'within hours of resolution'
The latest draft I have seen goes well beyond calling for a no-fly zone. It says that the Arab League, individual nations and organizations like Nato are authorized to "take all necessary measures...to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat...including Benghazi, while excluding an occupation force."
I am told the first strikes will be unilateral ones by British and French aircraft. They could be in the air within hours. It is likely five Arab air forces will take part. Hillary Clinton has said it will mean bombing Libyan air defences. Nato will step up if asked but could take a while.
Although there have been other recent UN operations this would be the most serious intervention in a crisis for a long time, a marked contrast to the division over Iraq. That does not ease the worries of some in the administration that this will still be labeled an American war and they will be dragged deeper and deeper into the affairs of another Arab nation.
BBC - Mark Mardell's America: Libya airstrikes could start 'within hours of resolution'
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Because Bahrain is a puppet of USA similar to Saudi and Pakistan .
While Libya i.e. Gaddafi spits on face of USA
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UN authorises no-fly zone over Libya
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has backed a resolution authorising a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" - code for military action - to protect civilians.
Ten of the council's 15 members voted in favour of the resolution on Thursday, while Russia, China, Germany, India and Brazil abstained.
France said on Friday morning that military action in Libya would come "rapidily ... within a few hours", but did not specify the targets or in what form the action would come.
David Cameron, the UK prime minister, said Tornado, Typhoon, surveillance and re-fuelling aircraft would be deployed for the operation in Libya.
"Preparations to deploy these aircraft have already started and in the coming hours they will move to airbases from where they can start to take the necessary action," he told parliament on Friday.
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has threatened to "turn into hell the lives" of anyone who attacks his country.
Eurocontrol, Europe's air traffic agency, said the Libyan government had closed its airspace to all traffic in response to the UN resolution, but Tripoli has denied this.
Despite choosing not to use its veto to block the resolution, China on Friday expressed serious concerns about imposing the no-fly zone.
"We oppose the use of military force in international relations, and have serious reservations about some of the content of the resolution," Jiang Yu, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Turkey on Friday also voiced concern over military intervention, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Libya instead.
But no votes were recorded against the resolution, which was co-sponsored by France, Britain, Lebanon and the United States.
So far Britain, France, the US, Norway and Qatar are among the countries that have said they will help to enforce the no-fly zone, while China, Germany, Poland, Australia and Russia have indicated they will not.
Under the no-fly zone, only military aircraft are forbidden to fly in Libyan airspace. It exempts commercial and humanitarian flights.
Riad Kahwaji, a military analyst in Dubai, told Al Jazeera that to set up a no-fly zone, coalition forces would have to take out Gaddafi's air defences, including the bases, runways and helicopter gunships that could be used to fire on civilians.
In Benghazi, the main opposition stronghold, a large crowd watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection burst into celebration and green and red fireworks filled the air as the resolution was announced.
Reporting from the eastern city, Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley said the city had been given new buoyancy. "They can go back into this fight with renewed vigour, with renewed hope," he said.
James Bays, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the eastern city of Tobruk, said the sound of gunfire rang out through the night. "Guns were not being fired in anger, but in celebration," he said.
"This is what they have been waiting for, they have been calling for a no-fly zone from the UN ... people here are buoyed by the news."
However, Bays added that it was "worth injecting a note of caution" into the current excitement, as Gaddafi's troops were still standing firm.
His forces have begun a heavy bombardment of the rebel-held town of Misurata, the last big opposition stronghold in western Libya, witnesses have said.
"There have been heavy bombardments since 7 o'clock (0500 GMT) this morning. They are bombing everything, the houses, the centre of the city," one fighter told the Reuters news agency.
'We will be crazy too'
The UN resolution came just a few hours after Muammar Gaddafi, the embattled Libyan leader, warned residents of Benghazi that his forces would show "no mercy" in an impending assault on the city.
"The matter has been decided ... we are coming," he said in a radio address on Thursday.
The Libyan leader called pro-democracy fighters in Benghazi "armed gangsters" and urged residents to attack them, saying: "You all go out and cleanse the city of Benghazi.
"We will track them down, and search for them, alley by alley, road by road ... Massive waves of people will be crawling out to rescue the people of Benghazi, who are calling out for help, asking us to rescue them. We should come to their rescue."
In an interview broadcast just before the Security Council voted on the resolution, Gaddafi dismissed the body's actions.
"The UN Security Council has no mandate. We don't acknowledge their resolutions," he told the Portuguese public Radiotelevisao Portuguesa.
He pledged to respond harshly to UN-sponsored attacks. "If the world is crazy, we will be crazy too," he said.
Speaking to reporters in Tripoli after the vote, Khalid Kaim, the Libyan deputy foreign minister, took a conciliatory tone, offering to negotiate a ceasefire with the rebels.
"We are ready for this decision [a ceasefire] but we require an interlocutor to discuss how to implement it," Kaim told a news conference.
"We discussed last night with the UN envoy [for Libya, Jordan's Abdul Ilah Khatib] and asked legitimate questions on the application of a ceasefire," he said.
Kaim indicated that Libya would "react positively to the UN resolution, and we will prove this willingness while guaranteeing protection to civilians."
Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, said "This resolution demands an immediate ceasefire and a complete end to violence and attacks against civilians.
"The security council has authorised the use of force, including enforcement of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and civilian areas targeted by Colonel Gaddafi, his intelligence and security forces and his mercenaries," Rice said.
However the UN resolution rules out sending foreign ground troops.
Earlier the Libyan defence ministry warned that "any military operation against Libya will expose all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean to danger."
"Any civilian or military moving traffic will be the target of a Libyan counter-offensive," the official Jana news agency quoted the defence ministry spokesman as saying.
Battle zones
The latest developments came amid claims and counter-claims about the progress of fighting between forces loyal to Gaddafi and rebels.
The rebels are seeking to end Gaddafi's more than 41-year-old rule.
State television said loyalists were on the outskirts of Benghazi, while the opposition claimed that fighters in Benghazi had shot down two government warplanes.
Opposition fighters in the western city of Zintan, about 120km southwest of the capital Tripoli, said they were bracing for an attack by forces loyal to Gaddafi.
"According to the fighters, forces loyal to Gaddafi are trying to encircle Zintan.
"There are troop movements around the north and southwest. They expect a big attack on the city. I heard no gunfire this morning. They say they blocked the main column [of tanks] during the night," a witness told the AFP news agency.
Fighting is also raging for the control of Ajdabiya, the gateway to Benghazi.
A doctor told the AFP news agency that fighting was still going on in and around the town, which also guards the road to Tobruk and the Egyptian border in the rebel-held east.
UN authorises no-fly zone over Libya - Africa - Al Jazeera English
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has backed a resolution authorising a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" - code for military action - to protect civilians.
Ten of the council's 15 members voted in favour of the resolution on Thursday, while Russia, China, Germany, India and Brazil abstained.
France said on Friday morning that military action in Libya would come "rapidily ... within a few hours", but did not specify the targets or in what form the action would come.
David Cameron, the UK prime minister, said Tornado, Typhoon, surveillance and re-fuelling aircraft would be deployed for the operation in Libya.
"Preparations to deploy these aircraft have already started and in the coming hours they will move to airbases from where they can start to take the necessary action," he told parliament on Friday.
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has threatened to "turn into hell the lives" of anyone who attacks his country.
Eurocontrol, Europe's air traffic agency, said the Libyan government had closed its airspace to all traffic in response to the UN resolution, but Tripoli has denied this.
Despite choosing not to use its veto to block the resolution, China on Friday expressed serious concerns about imposing the no-fly zone.
"We oppose the use of military force in international relations, and have serious reservations about some of the content of the resolution," Jiang Yu, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Turkey on Friday also voiced concern over military intervention, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Libya instead.
But no votes were recorded against the resolution, which was co-sponsored by France, Britain, Lebanon and the United States.
So far Britain, France, the US, Norway and Qatar are among the countries that have said they will help to enforce the no-fly zone, while China, Germany, Poland, Australia and Russia have indicated they will not.
Under the no-fly zone, only military aircraft are forbidden to fly in Libyan airspace. It exempts commercial and humanitarian flights.
Riad Kahwaji, a military analyst in Dubai, told Al Jazeera that to set up a no-fly zone, coalition forces would have to take out Gaddafi's air defences, including the bases, runways and helicopter gunships that could be used to fire on civilians.
In Benghazi, the main opposition stronghold, a large crowd watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection burst into celebration and green and red fireworks filled the air as the resolution was announced.
Reporting from the eastern city, Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley said the city had been given new buoyancy. "They can go back into this fight with renewed vigour, with renewed hope," he said.
James Bays, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the eastern city of Tobruk, said the sound of gunfire rang out through the night. "Guns were not being fired in anger, but in celebration," he said.
"This is what they have been waiting for, they have been calling for a no-fly zone from the UN ... people here are buoyed by the news."
However, Bays added that it was "worth injecting a note of caution" into the current excitement, as Gaddafi's troops were still standing firm.
His forces have begun a heavy bombardment of the rebel-held town of Misurata, the last big opposition stronghold in western Libya, witnesses have said.
"There have been heavy bombardments since 7 o'clock (0500 GMT) this morning. They are bombing everything, the houses, the centre of the city," one fighter told the Reuters news agency.
'We will be crazy too'
The UN resolution came just a few hours after Muammar Gaddafi, the embattled Libyan leader, warned residents of Benghazi that his forces would show "no mercy" in an impending assault on the city.
"The matter has been decided ... we are coming," he said in a radio address on Thursday.
The Libyan leader called pro-democracy fighters in Benghazi "armed gangsters" and urged residents to attack them, saying: "You all go out and cleanse the city of Benghazi.
"We will track them down, and search for them, alley by alley, road by road ... Massive waves of people will be crawling out to rescue the people of Benghazi, who are calling out for help, asking us to rescue them. We should come to their rescue."
In an interview broadcast just before the Security Council voted on the resolution, Gaddafi dismissed the body's actions.
"The UN Security Council has no mandate. We don't acknowledge their resolutions," he told the Portuguese public Radiotelevisao Portuguesa.
He pledged to respond harshly to UN-sponsored attacks. "If the world is crazy, we will be crazy too," he said.
Speaking to reporters in Tripoli after the vote, Khalid Kaim, the Libyan deputy foreign minister, took a conciliatory tone, offering to negotiate a ceasefire with the rebels.
"We are ready for this decision [a ceasefire] but we require an interlocutor to discuss how to implement it," Kaim told a news conference.
"We discussed last night with the UN envoy [for Libya, Jordan's Abdul Ilah Khatib] and asked legitimate questions on the application of a ceasefire," he said.
Kaim indicated that Libya would "react positively to the UN resolution, and we will prove this willingness while guaranteeing protection to civilians."
Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, said "This resolution demands an immediate ceasefire and a complete end to violence and attacks against civilians.
"The security council has authorised the use of force, including enforcement of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and civilian areas targeted by Colonel Gaddafi, his intelligence and security forces and his mercenaries," Rice said.
However the UN resolution rules out sending foreign ground troops.
Earlier the Libyan defence ministry warned that "any military operation against Libya will expose all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean to danger."
"Any civilian or military moving traffic will be the target of a Libyan counter-offensive," the official Jana news agency quoted the defence ministry spokesman as saying.
Battle zones
The latest developments came amid claims and counter-claims about the progress of fighting between forces loyal to Gaddafi and rebels.
The rebels are seeking to end Gaddafi's more than 41-year-old rule.
State television said loyalists were on the outskirts of Benghazi, while the opposition claimed that fighters in Benghazi had shot down two government warplanes.
Opposition fighters in the western city of Zintan, about 120km southwest of the capital Tripoli, said they were bracing for an attack by forces loyal to Gaddafi.
"According to the fighters, forces loyal to Gaddafi are trying to encircle Zintan.
"There are troop movements around the north and southwest. They expect a big attack on the city. I heard no gunfire this morning. They say they blocked the main column [of tanks] during the night," a witness told the AFP news agency.
Fighting is also raging for the control of Ajdabiya, the gateway to Benghazi.
A doctor told the AFP news agency that fighting was still going on in and around the town, which also guards the road to Tobruk and the Egyptian border in the rebel-held east.
UN authorises no-fly zone over Libya - Africa - Al Jazeera English
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have the airstrikes against libya happened yet......
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NATO says backs action against Gaddafi
NATO backs a UN resolution authorizing military action against forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, an alliance spokesperson said on Friday.
"The NATO Secretary General welcomes United Nations Security Council resolution 1973, which authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian areas against ongoing violence by the Gaddafi regime," spokesperson Oana Lungescu told reporters in Brussels.
She said NATO "stands ready to act as part of the broad international effort" but added that any military action would require "a demonstrable need for the alliance to act, firm regional support and a clear legal basis."
The UN Security Council on Thursday voted in favor of a no-fly zone and air strikes against Gaddafi's forces, with five abstaining, including China, Russia and Germany.
Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, said Libya was "not afraid", in comments carried by the ABC news channel. Gaddafi's troops are reported to be closing in on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
NATO says backs action against Gaddafi | World | RIA Novosti
NATO backs a UN resolution authorizing military action against forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, an alliance spokesperson said on Friday.
"The NATO Secretary General welcomes United Nations Security Council resolution 1973, which authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian areas against ongoing violence by the Gaddafi regime," spokesperson Oana Lungescu told reporters in Brussels.
She said NATO "stands ready to act as part of the broad international effort" but added that any military action would require "a demonstrable need for the alliance to act, firm regional support and a clear legal basis."
The UN Security Council on Thursday voted in favor of a no-fly zone and air strikes against Gaddafi's forces, with five abstaining, including China, Russia and Germany.
Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, said Libya was "not afraid", in comments carried by the ABC news channel. Gaddafi's troops are reported to be closing in on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
NATO says backs action against Gaddafi | World | RIA Novosti
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