Defections Further Isolate Qaddafi; Security Council Approves Sanctions

Defections Further Isolate Qaddafi; Security Council Approves Sanctions
Nancy A. Youssef, Jonathan S. Landay and Margaret Talev, McClatchy Newspapers: "Moammar Gadhafi found himself on the weekend even more isolated in his last major stronghold of Tripoli, as a former top aide declared he was forming a national opposition government and President Barack Obama said the Libyan dictator should leave 'now.' The United Nations Security Council, meanwhile, unanimously approved sanctions aimed at forcing Gadhafi to halt brutal onslaughts that he has unleashed in a bid to crush an 11-day-old insurrection that has left all of eastern Libya and other parts of the country under rebel control, and has left hundreds, if not thousands, dead. Possible war crimes charges would be referred to the International Criminal Court."
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