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2011年4月21日星期四

Obama, Cameron discuss tightening pressure on Gaddafi (Reuters)

President Barack Obama and the British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday discussed the need to increase diplomatic and economic pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, said the White House.


The two leaders agreed that the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council demanding that the Libyan Government to stop the violence against civilians must be fully applied.


"Increase the military pressure and protect civilians through the operation of the coalition which is responsible for NATO, the leaders discussed the importance of increasing the diplomatic and economic pressure on the regime of Kadhafi to stop the attacks against civilians and comply with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council" has declared a "." statement by the White House.


The White House said earlier that Obama still opposes sending troops to the U.S. in Libya soil, but it supports a move to French and British to send military advisers to help rebels fighting Gaddafi.


"The President obviously is aware of this decision and supports and hopes and believes it will help the opposition," white spokesman House Jay Carney told journalists traveling with Obama in California. "But it does not at all the policy of the President on no boots on the ground for troops, Carney said.


France will send up to 10 Libya military advisors, while Britain said it could send up to a dozen agents to help the opposition to improve the Organization and communication, but said he would not arming rebels or train to fight.

2011年4月15日星期五

Gaddafi Defiant despite the air strikes of NATO to Tripoli

Muammar Gaddafi rolled lost in the streets of Tripoli, his fists of pumping it shot through the roof of the Sun a seen Thursday - the same day that NATO airstrikes shook the city. Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the alliance, while United in their goal of making pressure on Libyan leader go, argued at a meeting on whether to intensify military operations that have succeeded him put in rout.


Gaddafi has given no sign that he is willing to falter, despite two months of the civil war and international pressure for him to ignore mounting. Instead, his loyalists shelling rebel positions, in the besieged Western town of Misrata with dozens of rockets for several hours, killing at least 13 people.


The main target of the assault was the port of Misrata, the only lifeline for the rebels who tried to defend the positions in the city, Libya, third, against the forces of Gaddafi.


Early Friday, daughter of Gaddafi sent Aisha another defiant of Bab al-Azizia father message composed in the capital of Tripoli, severely damaged exactly 25 years, in a bomb attack on April 15, 1986 by the U.S. air force. That attack came in response to a bombing that killed two U.S. soldiers at a German discotheque.


"Leaving our skies with your bombs," daughter of Gaddafi told a crowd of enthusiastic, dealing with the international community. "We are a people who cannot be defeated."


Wearing a green scarf and a leather jacket, she waved to the crowd of several hundred and leads in songs of a floor balcony which, in the past was used by his father to deliver speeches.


Thursday, several large explosions were heard in Tripoli and a column of black smoke rose from the southeastern part of the city, followed by the sound of anti-aircraft guns, a resident said.


Libyan State television showed al-Gaddafi - wearing a blazer black West, black crew neck T-shirt, sunglasses and a hat - permanent through the sport utility vehicle Sun open roof on a rapid tour, fist-pumping with Tripoli, with dozens of fans chasing behind him. Libyan TV, said that the trip is on the same day that NATO air strikes hit military and civilian areas in the capital.


The TV report said there are civilian casualties against attacks. The report could not be confirmed.


The fighting in Libya began in mid-February, when large anti-Government protests degenerate into a civil war. Rebels holding much of the eastern Libya, while Gaddafi controls the West with the front travel round trip to the middle line. Three weeks of international air strikes did not routed the forces of Gaddafi.


Troops from Gaddafi unleashed three hours of intense bombing on the city of Misrata in the port, which is held in part by the rebels. The port is only lifeline to the Misrata, and Government forces fired tank shells and dozens of Grad missiles, according to witnesses who spoke the condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals.