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. 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. Neither you nor anyone in the world’s community should expect that a regime with a vast, well armed and vicious security apparatus, well practiced after successfully oppressing for 42 years the 6 million people of Libya, is going to be anything other than a formidable opponent. Nor should you mock and underestimate the rhetoric of the man in #Tripoli. Above all you need to provide leadership. Like this: 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.
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. C'est à eux qu'il revient de choisir comment ils vont agir à l'avenir. Ils devront rendre des comptes", a souligné M. Obama dans le Bureau ovale de la Maison Blanche, où il recevait le Premier ministre australien Julia Gillard.
Nouvelobs.com - AFP. 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.
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. 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. " "Il y a des millions de Noirs qui peuvent monter vers la mer Méditerranée pour aller en Italie et en France et la Libye joue un rôle dans la stabilité en Méditerranée", poursuit Mouammar Kadhafi, qui s'exprime en arabe.
Il déclare que l'Union africaine ira vérifier que la situation est "normale" en Libye. "Nous sommes en crise mais les autres aussi. Par. 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. • L'idée d'une zone d'exclusion aérienne fait son chemin, mais il faudrait une résolution de l'ONU. La France et le Royaume-Uni sont pour, les USA hésitent encore, la Russie est contre. •Les insurgés contrôlent toujours les terminaux pétroliers de Brega et de Ras Lanouf mais craignent une attaque au sol des forces de Kadhafi, qui bombardent quotidiennement. •L'ONU demande un «accès urgent» aux victimes «blessées et mourantes» des bombardements menés par Kadhafi dans la ville de Misrata, 150 km à l'est de Tripoli.
•Plus de 191.000 personnes ont fui les violences et 10.000 déplacés se dirigent vers la frontière égyptienne. 19h30. 19h15.La Russie est contre toute ingérence militaire étrangère en Libye, selon le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères, Sergueï Lavrov. «Nous ne considérons pas l'ingérence étrangère, surtout militaire, comme un moyen de résoudre la crise en Libye. 19 heures. 18h30. L'affaire pourrait être génante pour le JDD. 17h40. 17h15. 16h45.
(Reuters/Suhaib Salem) 16h15. 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. 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. He also convened a meeting Friday in the Venezuelan capital in which his allies, including Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia, agreed to a vague peace mission to end the violence in Libya. "The countries of the Bolivarian alliance are demanding the United States and the world powers respect the people of Libya," Chavez said to cheering, red-shirted supporters. Chavez's close allies in the region have also had plenty to say about Gaddafi.
En direct : Kadhafi récuse toute ingérence étrangère. SHAME ! France La justice renvoie deux Libyens dans leur pays. Deux arrêtés préfectoraux de reconduite à la frontière (APRF) ont été délivrés à l'encontre de deux Libyens interpellés mardi soir à Paris alors qu'ils arrivaient de Nice. Avec six autres personnes, ils avaient accosté sur les côtes italiennes puis rejoint la France fin février. Les Libyens devraient donc être reconduits dans leur pays, sous réserve de la délivrance d'un papier de voyage de leur consulat. "Ces décisions sont contraires aux droits de l'homme. Si en décembre, on pouvait passer ses vacances en Libye, il en va autrement aujourd'hui alors que ce pays est en pleine guerre civile", s'insurge Me Samia Maktouf, l'avocate des immigrés, faisant directement allusion aux vacances d'Henri Guaino en Libye. 460 interpellations dans les Alpes-Maritimes Selon les premières déclarations de ces huit immigrés, ils arriveraient tous de zones de conflit et au moins cinq d'entre eux ont transité par l'île de Lampedusa en Italie.
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. 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. The defection of some elements of the army to the protesters in Benghazi is unlikely to trouble the colonel. Libya produces 2.1% of the world's oil. Most of Libya's 6.5m poplation is concentrated along the coast and around the country's oilfields.
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. Ordinary citizens are responding to the call to arms, even though they have no weapons. "Benghazi is liberated and safe, but it's time to advance," said former soldier in the Libyan army Hatem Ali Mustafa, 31. "It's a trip we may not return from, but there's no turning back now.
Revolution or death. " Mustafa and five childhood friends from his neighbourhood, dressed in an array of scrounged army gear, were heading to Ras Lanuf, an oil refinery town Gaddafi's men had moved into the day earlier. None of the volunteer fighters carried a weapon, nor did they know exactly where to go or who to report to when they arrived. "We are willing to die to liberate all Libyans from this nightmare," said Khaled Almugraby, a 31-year-old gardener wearing a green army jacket and a black combat beret. Rebel Advance in Libya Set Back by Heavy Assault. Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Opposition fighters maintained a tenuous hold on Ras Lanuf on Monday as jets made numerous strikes at their checkpoint next to Libya’s largest oil refinery.
More Photos » The air attacks, which wounded a family of five, added a note of urgency to a growing debate in Western capitals about imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. The bombing runs began in the morning, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air around 10 a.m. With every roar of a jet engine, the rebels opened fire with what sounded like every weapon available, from heavy artillery to pistols. There were conflicting reports about the casualties after the airstrikes. The steady attacks from the air helped further turn the momentum of the conflict in eastern Libya, where opposition fighters had made strong gains recently in their drive to the west, toward Surt, a stronghold of Col. , and on to Tripoli.
“They are now fighting in eastern Libya. Mr. "Mr" The butcher !