Libya crisis: Military action against Gaddafi 'within hours' of UN vote

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Source: The Guardian

Libya crisis: Military action against Gaddafi 'within hours' of UN vote


Security council resolution calls for states to protect Libyan civilians, with Britain, France and US confident bill will pass


Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Nicholas Watt guardian.co.uk, Thursday 17 March 2011 19.25 GMT <3:25pm EDT>


Britain, France and the US, along with several Arab countries, are to join forces to throw a protective ring around the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi as soon as a UN security council vote on military action is authorised, according to security council sources.

A source at UN headquarters in New York said military forces could be deployed "within hours" of a new security council resolution calling for states to protect civilians by halting attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces by air, land and sea.

The resolution would impose a no-fly zone over Libya – but a no-fly zone was no longer enough, the source said. "The resolution authorises air strikes against tank columns advancing on Benghazi or engaging naval ships bombarding Benghazi," he said.

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British and French forces are understood to have been placed on standby after the US said it was prepared to support the measure if Arab countries agreed to take an active role.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/17/libya-no-fly-zone-united-nations?utm_medium=twitter

[Adsos Letter]

1. China and Russia are signing on to this?

[Thunderstruck]

2. Hell yeah!

[tabatha]

3. Well, stop talking about it - get on and do it.

The votes was postponed about three hours - it should have happened already.

[pinboy3niner]

4. The vote is now scheduled for 6pm EDT nt

[Lasher]

5. Don't tell me, this invasion will pay for itself.

"There's a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." - Paul Wolfowitz Congressional Testimony, March 27, 2003

[Mnemosyne]

6. Deji vu all over again. :( K&R n/t

[Baclava]

7. Giddy-up!

Goin' huntin'