Tuesday, March 15, 2011

G8, no agreement on the no-fly zone Ajdabiyah Regained, Benghazi isolated

ROME - As the leaders of the revolt Libyan ask the Western powers to physically eliminate Muammar Gaddafi, forces loyal to Colonel advance to Benghazi after regaining Ajdabiyah, the last stronghold of the rebels before the city symbol of the struggle against the regime. And the international diplomacy is struggling to find common ground on crisis management, in particular the establishment of a no-fly zones: the foreign ministers of the G8, meeting in Paris last night, have issued a final statement that refers to any decision UN Security Council.

In this context, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton guarantees political and economic support to the insurgents, but excludes military aid. At the G8, Britain and France have tried to push for direct military intervention represented by the no-fly zone, but faced a veto by Russia and Germany to block any reference to the airspace over Libya has disappeared from the final declaration of the summit.

"We do not want to be sucked into a war in North Africa, which only weaken the opposition," said the German Minister Guido Westerwelle. The foreign ministers of the G8 call for a series of measures to protect and support the Libyan people "and refer to the UN Security Council the task of" increased pressure "on the Gaddafi regime, including through" economic measures "to so that the colonel "leave power".

A further blow to the hopes of the rebels, who through Gheriani Mustafa, spokesman for the National Council for Transition in Benghazi, quoted by the Guardian, had openly asked the West to eliminate Qaddafi, the request made by a delegation of CNT in Paris and presented to the French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S.

Secretary of State. "We have told the West that we want a no-fly zones, tactical air strikes against tanks and missiles used against us and an air raid against Gaddafi's bunker." When he was asked if he meant he wanted the CNT the assassination of Colonel, Gheriani replied: "Why not?" If he dies no one will pay a tear.

" But the G8 summit in Paris did not meet any of these requests. The raids rais of aviation and the indecision of the international community do not help the rebels, who in recent days have had to give up one after the other towns occupied since the beginning of the revolt. Today is also Ajdabiya fall, the last stronghold of the rebels before Benghazi Libya, after intense bombing raids.

Reuters sources have confirmed on the spot, which saw the rebels on the run. The bombing of the city were heavy: at least two dead and three wounded, including a ten year old boy, were taken to hospital in ambulances and other means of luck. In the west the rebels still control Measured in fact surrounded by the military, as troops took over the rais Zuara, 120 kilometers west of Tripoli.

And according to Al Jazeera WOULD BE aiming at Marsa el-Brega loyalist military units led by two of Gaddafi's sons, Saadi and Khamis. When the insurrection broke out, Saadi national radio announced his appointment as commander of Benghazi, however, shortly after falling into the hands of the rebels.

Khamis was instead commanded the 32nd Brigade, the more trained and better equipped than ever, in the repression of the uprising in the city of Tripoli. Going back to diplomacy, disappointed not to have "convinced" partners on the advisability of military intervention, the French Foreign Minister Alain Jupp, Chair of the G8, he admits that "Gaddafi is getting hits" from the military point of view.

Without ruling on the fate of Benghazi, the chief diplomat in Paris that provides for the international community can not prevent the Colonel to win her back: "Today, we do not have the military means, as the international community has decided to get them."

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