US tells Gadhafi to pull back from east Libya

[Turborama]

Source: AP

By BRADLEY KLAPPER | March 18, 2011, 11:23AM

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration demanded Friday that Moammar Gadhafi's forces immediately begin retreating from opposition-controlled areas in east Libya, as Britain and France rushed to enforce the world's demand for the Libyan regime to halt violence against civilian protesters and rebels seeking Gadhafi's ouster.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. wasn't impressed by the Libyan government's claim of a cease-fire, saying "we would have to see action on the ground — and that is not yet at all clear."

President Barack Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House to confer on Libya and Obama planned to make a statement on the crisis later Friday.

Clinton said the first goal of international action is to end the violence in Libya and that the regime's forces need to pull back "a significant distance away from the east, where they have been pursuing their campaign against the opposition."

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[msongs]

1. hmm maybe the administration could try a little of this on republicans nt

[Tiggeroshii]

2. can we get the UN to issue a no fly zone on congress?

[neoralme]

3. Because of the initial hesitance of the US to declare the NFZ,

Gaddafi isn't paying much attention to it. I hope at least the French or the Canadians begin strafing.

[russspeakeasy]

4. Well, if they told them, that should work, right?

[lunatica]

5. When Reagan bombed Libya Gadhafi backed right down

His daughter was killed in that bombing.

[Baclava]

6. Curious that WE are the ones demanding, isn't there a UN spokesman or something?

Where is the Arab League?

[Duende azul]

7. What the hell are they up to? Splitting up the country ?