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# Libya 17 TH / 09/03

An Appeal to the Military Council of the Free Libya « Where To? a blog by Malcolm D B Munro. This appeal is not of the greatest eloquence.

An Appeal to the Military Council of the Free Libya « Where To? a blog by Malcolm D B Munro

Please recognize and accept that the urgency and direness of your situation compels language that in more sedate times would not be needed. You have a responsibility to which you are not responding in an adequate manner. You cannot sit in the comfort of Benghazi and expect that the forces of Gaddafi will surrender simply because the people of free Libya told Gaddafi to go. Nor should you accept the fact that members of the armed forces and of the State Security apparatus who have defected simply take off their uniforms and go home. Obama warns Kadhafi employees - Les révolutions arabes. Le président des Etats-Unis Barack Obama a mis en garde lundi 7 mars les collaborateurs du dirigeant libyen Mouammar Kadhafi, les prévenant qu'ils devraient rendre des comptes pour les violences qui secouent leur pays, dans des déclarations aux journalistes.

Obama warns Kadhafi employees - Les révolutions arabes

Barack Obama a également noté que l'Otan se réunissait à Bruxelles pour discuter d'une réaction à la violence en Libye, dont des options militaires, et a indiqué avoir donné son feu vert à une aide supplémentaire de 15 millions de dollars pour les opérations humanitaires liées à la crise. "Je veux envoyer un message très clair aux collaborateurs du colonel Kadhafi. NATO UK says working on Libya no-fly zone resolution at UN. NATO has launched 24-hour air surveillance of Libya with AWACS reconnaissance aircraft as the military alliance plans potential future steps to address Libya's violent unrest, on Monday. "The decision was made to indeed increase the surveillance of the NATO AWACS capability, make it 24/7.

We'll have a better picture of what is really going on in this part of the world," Ambassador Ivo Daalder told reporters on a conference call. U.S. President Barack Obama earlier that NATO was considering military options in response to the situation in Libya as Britain and France are drafting a UN resolution on a no fly zone over the North African country.

Obama, speaking after talks with visiting Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said the two countries agreed that violence by the Libyan government against its people was unacceptable. The white house also added that the United States may provide weapons to the opposition forces in Libya. "(The foreign ministers)...called on the ... At the U.N. Vidéos publiées par انتفاضة 17 فبراير 2011- لنجعله يوم للغضب في ليبيا : 7 mars 2011 06:04. Libya: A state of terror. Tunisians open their homes to refugees fleeing Libya. Tunisians living near the Libyan border offering food and clothes to refugeesMany Tunisians have opened their homes to those fleeing LibyaVolunteers have joined NGOs and the U.N. in providing assistance at a transit camp (CNN) -- As soon as refugees fleeing unrest in Libya began flooding over the border into Tunisia, Ali Ben Issi signed up as a volunteer to help them.

Tunisians open their homes to refugees fleeing Libya

Ben Issi, a 20-year-old Tunisian student, works every day at the new transit camp set up by the U.N. refugee agency, helping new arrivals with their passports and paperwork. He said: "I want to help because the people of Italy are helping Tunisian refugees, so I want to do the same for other people. "I have two female cousins and several friends also volunteering. There are also many, many people volunteering, giving food, clothes, and even money. " When he has to return to his studies, Ali has promised to continue volunteering at weekends for the International Organization for Migration for as long as is necessary.

The U.N.' Interview exclusive de Mouammar Kadhafi sur FRANCE 24. Mouammar Kadhafi dénonce l'ingérence française en Libye. Prié de réagir au soutien manifesté dimanche par Paris au Conseil national libyen, qui représente l'opposition dans l'Est, Mouammar Kadhafi répond à la chaîne de télévision française: "Ça fait rire, vraiment ça fait rire, l'ingérence dans les affaires intérieures d'un pays.

Mouammar Kadhafi dénonce l'ingérence française en Libye

Et si nous nous ingérions dans les affaires intérieures de la Corse ou de la Sardaigne ? " "La Libye joue un rôle essentiel dans la paix régionale et la paix mondiale", ajoute le dirigeant libyen dans une apparente mise en garde contre des velléités occidentales de nouvelles sanctions contre son régime. "Nous sommes un partenaire important dans la lutte contre Al Qaïda. " An Appeal to the Military Council of the Free Libya « Where To? a blog by Malcolm D B Munro. Libye: la Ligue arabe pour une zone d'exclusion aérienne. In Venezuela, Chavez tries to boost Gaddafi. Moammar Gaddafi is hunkered down, some once-loyal aides have abandoned him for the rebel side, and President Obama and other leaders are demanding he step down.

In Venezuela, Chavez tries to boost Gaddafi

But he still has a friend - the man who received the al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Though uncharacteristically quiet as Libya slid into anarchy, Chavez has in recent days venerated Gaddafi for his revolutionary credentials and asserted that the United States is about to invade the North African country to seize its oil. En direct : Kadhafi récuse toute ingérence étrangère. SHAME ! France La justice renvoie deux Libyens dans leur pays. Key maps of Libya. Protests in the capital had centred on Green Square and various key buildings, like the headquarters of state TV and the People's Hall, were attacked and damaged.

Key maps of Libya

But Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and his supporters are very much in control of Tripoli. Colonel Gaddafi has appeared several times on television from his compound in Bab al-Azizia making defiant speeches condemning the protests. The Libyan Army is a weak force of little more than 40,000, poorly armed and poorly trained. Keeping the army weak is part of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's long-term strategy to eliminate the risk of a military coup, which is how he himself came to power in 1969. Satellite photo of tents amassing on the Tunisian... - NPR. LIBYA: Heading Unarmed to Take On Gaddafi. BENGHAZI, Libya, Mar 4, 2011 (IPS) - The rebel forces fighting to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi from power are slowly moving towards the Libyan leader’s bastions in the cities of Sert and Tripoli.

Rebel Advance in Libya Set Back by Heavy Assault. "Mr" The butcher !