Saturday, February 26, 2011

Libya signed the sanctions Obama: "Ready for anything." La Russa: "Pending the Treaty"

On Libya, the Italian Government announced the suspension of the treaty with Libya. It 's a La Russa concerned to communicate immediately and that puts the hands forward on exodus of migrants expected Libyans on our shores. "Italy - said the defense minister - must not be left alone due to the selfishness of northern Europe, should also be made of the emergency load.

Words that follow those of the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, "if we all agree we can stop the bloodshed and support the Libyan people - said interviews with the Republican Congress of Italian - Italy Europe can not remain spectators. What is happening in Libya is very serious. We must act.

Gaddafi - he continues - is being eroded, it seems no longer has control of the situation. But we must act responsibly, because those countries are also dependent on our security, our energy reserves. " Meanwhile, Obama has gone from words to deeds with Gaddafi. The White House has signed a series of very tough sanctions against Libya.

First of all the freezing of assets of the colonel and his family. The Treasury Department has issued instructions to all American banks to monitor the financial transactions of Libyan society and report cases of misappropriation of funds to offshore accounts. Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, then announced the suspension of the U.S.

embassy in Tripoli. The Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, announced that it has suspended all licenses and approvals to export "of goods and services for the direct defense against Libya." The go-ahead for Obama sanctions against Gaddafi came after all American citizens have left Libya.

The evacuation of U.S. citizens was completed yesterday with the departure of a flight from Turkey, Istanbul and a ship bound for Malta. Carney announced that the White House, "is coordinating additional sanctions with European allies and other possible multilateral action against the Rais." Among the initiatives: the withdrawal of Libya from all UN agencies.

In terms of military operations, the White House said that "we are considering a range of options." Among these is not ruled out military intervention. NATO said it was about ready to take "any eventuality". The Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen said that "demanding an approach such as the no-fly zone requires a very clear international legitimacy and in particular a clear mandate of the United Nations." In a session held behind closed doors the Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Rasmussen to take "concrete actions".

So the UN Security Council began to consider sanctions which should be defined in the afternoon. Among the hypotheses, the freezing of assets of Qaddafi and his henchmen in all countries. Today the Times of London writes that the colonel would be able to hide this past week a great fortune: 3 billion pounds of private investment in a fund in Mayfair.

The UN has also provided the arms embargo and the intervention of the International Court of Justice. "The speeches are not enough. It's time to act, "he said yesterday French Foreign Minister, Michele Alliot-Marie. Yesterday in Geneva always the UN Human Rights Council has tabled a tough resolution condemning the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for "the violent repression of protests in place." The Council created a commission of inquiry that will investigate the war crimes of the Rais.

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