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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Specter of Rebel Rout Helps Shift U.S. Policy on Libya -- New York Times

Specter of Rebel Rout Helps Shift U.S. Policy on Libya -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — The prospect of a deadly siege of the rebel stronghold in Benghazi, Libya, has produced a striking shift in tone from the Obama administration, which is now pushing for the United Nations to authorize aerial bombing of Libyan tanks and heavy artillery to try to halt the advance of forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

The administration, which remains deeply reluctant to be drawn into an armed conflict in yet another Muslim country, is nevertheless backing a resolution in the Security Council that would give countries a broad range of options for aiding the Libyan rebels, including military steps that go well beyond a no-flight zone.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Reuters Live Wire On Libya -- Reuters

Libya: US urges tough United Nations resolution
-- BBC
UN Libya draft calls for all necessary measures: UK -- Reuters
U.S. pushing for air strikes, no-fly zone in Libya -- Reuters
Obama administration seeks more U.N. authority to intervene in Libya -- Washington Post
U.S. Seeks Range of Strikes on Libya at U.N. -- Wall Street Journal
Gaddafi forces push forward as U.S. mulls air strikes -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Nothing holding U.S. back on Libya no-fly zone-UK -- Reuters
West should 'go beyond' no-fly zone, US says -- The Telegraph
Obama Makes Quick Turn on Libya -- FOX News

Libya: Gaddafi forces bomb rebel-held Benghazi
-- BBC
Moammar Kadafi's forces bomb Benghazi -- L.A. Times
Gadhafi Forces Bomb Rebels' Capital -- Wall Street Journal
Gadhafi forces bomb airport at rebel stronghold -- Yahoo News/AP
Kadafi forces poised to rout rebels in eastern cities -- L.A. Times
Qaddafi Forces Mass Outside Rebels’ Western Stronghold -- New York Times
Libya rebels say planes downed, loyalists boast gains -- Yahoo News/AFP
Rebels under fire as pro-Gaddafi forces advance -- The Telegraph
Rebels Battle to Hold City Under Gadhafi Siege -- New York Times/AP
Libya's rebel-held Misrata on alert for new attack -- Reuters
Libya revolt: Gaddafi targets Ajdabiya and Misrata -- BBC
Libya's Gaddafi says set to take Misrata, Benghazi -- Reuters
Heavy bombardment on Ajdabiyah in east Libya -- Reuters
Libya army to give rebels chance to surrender-TV -- Reuters
Libya rebels say shoot down Gaddafi's warplanes -- Reuters
Paranoia reigns as rebels count cost of losses to loyalist forces -- The Australian
On Libya's front line, determination and fear -- L.A. Times
Outside aid for Libya rebels hinges on aims, will -- Reuters

Libya’s Opposition Tries to Define Itself to Gain Western Support -- Voice of America
Gaddafi-controlled media wages propaganda war -- The Guardian
US official says Gadhafi getting upper hand -- AP
As Tide Turns, Rebels' Dream Of 'Free Libya' Dims -- NPR
Egypt braces for Libya refugee exodus -- AFP

Muammar Gaddafi slaughter looms in Libya as UN fiddles -- The Australian
The fatally flawed logic of a no-fly zone -- Michael Williams, The Guardian
World's inaction could radicalize Libya's rebels -- CNN
Daily View: Is Obama dithering over Libya? -- James Morgan, BBC
Barack Obama’s paralysed presidency: the White House looks incapable of leading at home and abroad -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
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1 comment:

Prasad said...

Whatever decision has taken by the U.N. is absolutely correct