Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
21st March, 2011
The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) highly trained units, known as “Smash” teams, have been commissioning reconnaissance missions inside the North African country to report the location of Libyan airfields, supply routes, radar stations and anti-aircraft defense batteries, the Daily Mailreported.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
21st March, 2011
They said that the “indiscriminate” bombing raids went further than the no-fly zone agreed by the United Nations as a way of preventing Col Gaddafi’s attacks on rebel forces, and risked harming civilians.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
21st March, 2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized the UN Security Council resolution on Libya for allowing foreign military intervention in a sovereign state.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
Chris Floyd
When the UN intervention into Libya was first announced, we immediately heard how the United States would not be in the forefront of the military action; the lead would be taken by other nations, with US acting largely as a supplier and facilitator for the “broad-based coalition” arrayed against Libya (including some real live Ay-rabs! as the interventionists enthusiastically noted.) But it took less than two days to give the lie to this claim.
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
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Posted by seumasach on March 21, 2011
Is Libya another Iraq gone wrong
21st March, 2011
Operation Odyssey Dawn and the launch of the so-called “limited military action” on the Gaddafi regime in Libya are proceeding with official regional approval and an uneasy popular consent.
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Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2011
20th March, 2011
Members of Bangladesh Khelafat Andolon, an Islamist organisation, shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka yesterday. Hundreds of people from Islamist and leftist organisations gathered yesterday to protest against air attacks in Libya by allied forces, police said
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Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2011
“What is even more worrying is the fact that David Cameron ignored my request, in the House of Commons … for assurance that cluster bombs and depleted uranium weapons would not be used,” he added. “This is not peace. Let there be no mistake. This is war.”
Anti-war groups protest against anti-Gaddafi air strikes
20th March, 2011
Shouting “Hands off Libya” and waving placards stating “The lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan have not been learnt”, a small but passionate group of anti-war protesters made their stand outside Downing Street.
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Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2011
20th March, 2011
Russia urges western nations to stop the indiscriminate use of force in Libya, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2011
20th March, 2011
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The head of the Arab League has criticised the bombardments.
His comments are significant because the Arab League’s support for the no-fly zone was a key factor in getting UN Security Council backing for the resolution authorising the move.
“What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians,” said Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
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Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2011
19th March, 2011
To discuss the future of regional uprisings and revolutions, Press TV has conducted an interview with Kevin Ovendun, an author and political analyst in London.
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