London and Paris agreed yesterday to strengthen their efforts through diplomatic channels to the Libyan opposition, albeit with very different methods. France opted for a traditional system, issued a statement welcoming the establishment of the Libyan National Council, which groups opposed to Gaddafi in the east.
The British government decided to send a delegation Benghazi low-level diplomatic contact with the opposition. The problem is that traveling escorted by an armed special forces (SAS) and detained for several hours by the rebels. The movements of French diplomacy in Paris are an attempt to regain the initiative in the region after criticism passivity in the popular uprising in Tunisia, which ended with President Ben Ali and became the first catapult riots in Egypt, then in Bahrain and then in Libya.
"France welcomes the creation of the Libyan National Council offers support to the principles underlying it and the objectives it has set," reads the text of the Quay d'Orsay. Paris also welcomed "the desire for unity that has governed the establishment of the National Council and encourages its leaders and movements that make it up to pursue their action in that spirit," the text, which condemns the use of force against civilians and calls for a political agreement to allow the cessation of violence and establishing a democratic government "that reflects the aspirations of the Libyan people." The Libyan National Council on Saturday launched a crisis committee to speed up decision-making, led by Mahmud intellectual Jebril.
Omar Hariri, who participated in the coup that brought Kadhafi to power and then was imprisoned, is responsible for military issues. Essaui Ali, who last month resigned as ambassador to Libya in India, is responsible for external relations. The French way is exactly the kind of support that the rebels expected from countries that wish the downfall of Gaddafi.
The British strategy, however, however good their intentions may be, is rejected because the presence of foreign troops in Libyan territory can be used by Gaddafi's propaganda against the rebels. According to The Sunday Times, a unit of the SAS consists of eight armed men guarding the diplomat were detained in rebel territory near Benghazi.
They were armed but dressed in civilian clothes. According to the newspaper, tried to contact the opposition to prepare the trip of a diplomat of the highest level. According to a BBC special envoy in Benghazi, witnessed the incident say that the command arrived on Friday night by helicopter and six men dressed in black overalls down the unit and found two other men.
On discovering that their bags had weapons, ammunition, explosives, maps and passports of at least four different nationalities, all eight were arrested and taken to a military barracks in Benghazi controlled by the rebels. Neither the British Foreign Minister, William Hague, and his colleague, Defence, Liam Fox, wanted to confirm or deny whether British troops had been detained on the grounds that he never discussed issues related to special forces.
Hague only informed yesterday afternoon that the British team had managed to leave Libya after "experiencing some difficulties," and that London plans, "according to the Libyan opposition" to send other representatives to strengthen the dialogue. The presence of foreign forces in Libya is particularly sensitive because even the opponents of Gadhafi oppose their presence.
The rebels want the Western powers to help them through diplomatic pressure, the delivery of weapons and the creation of a telecommunications and air blockade to hinder possible attacks by forces loyal to the Libyan leader. The arrest of the command coincides with news that the Black Watch, a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, is in a state of permanent alert in an RAF base in Wiltshire to move to Libya in 24 hours if necessary, although the Minister of Defence has denied plans for a military deployment.
Like other countries, London has been used to repatriate its soldiers trapped countrymen in Libya. A group of Dutch special forces has apparently been Gafadi captured by troops in an operation like that. Moreover, the French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, on an official visit in Cairo, said yesterday that if the fighting in Libya are even more bloody "will be prepared to react." He added: "So we accepted the scheduling of a no-fly zone in Libya." Juppe dismissed, yes, a land of Western military intervention "would have negative effects.
Could lead to rejection in the public and the Arab peoples." 
The British government decided to send a delegation Benghazi low-level diplomatic contact with the opposition. The problem is that traveling escorted by an armed special forces (SAS) and detained for several hours by the rebels. The movements of French diplomacy in Paris are an attempt to regain the initiative in the region after criticism passivity in the popular uprising in Tunisia, which ended with President Ben Ali and became the first catapult riots in Egypt, then in Bahrain and then in Libya.
"France welcomes the creation of the Libyan National Council offers support to the principles underlying it and the objectives it has set," reads the text of the Quay d'Orsay. Paris also welcomed "the desire for unity that has governed the establishment of the National Council and encourages its leaders and movements that make it up to pursue their action in that spirit," the text, which condemns the use of force against civilians and calls for a political agreement to allow the cessation of violence and establishing a democratic government "that reflects the aspirations of the Libyan people." The Libyan National Council on Saturday launched a crisis committee to speed up decision-making, led by Mahmud intellectual Jebril.
Omar Hariri, who participated in the coup that brought Kadhafi to power and then was imprisoned, is responsible for military issues. Essaui Ali, who last month resigned as ambassador to Libya in India, is responsible for external relations. The French way is exactly the kind of support that the rebels expected from countries that wish the downfall of Gaddafi.
The British strategy, however, however good their intentions may be, is rejected because the presence of foreign troops in Libyan territory can be used by Gaddafi's propaganda against the rebels. According to The Sunday Times, a unit of the SAS consists of eight armed men guarding the diplomat were detained in rebel territory near Benghazi.
They were armed but dressed in civilian clothes. According to the newspaper, tried to contact the opposition to prepare the trip of a diplomat of the highest level. According to a BBC special envoy in Benghazi, witnessed the incident say that the command arrived on Friday night by helicopter and six men dressed in black overalls down the unit and found two other men.
On discovering that their bags had weapons, ammunition, explosives, maps and passports of at least four different nationalities, all eight were arrested and taken to a military barracks in Benghazi controlled by the rebels. Neither the British Foreign Minister, William Hague, and his colleague, Defence, Liam Fox, wanted to confirm or deny whether British troops had been detained on the grounds that he never discussed issues related to special forces.
Hague only informed yesterday afternoon that the British team had managed to leave Libya after "experiencing some difficulties," and that London plans, "according to the Libyan opposition" to send other representatives to strengthen the dialogue. The presence of foreign forces in Libya is particularly sensitive because even the opponents of Gadhafi oppose their presence.
The rebels want the Western powers to help them through diplomatic pressure, the delivery of weapons and the creation of a telecommunications and air blockade to hinder possible attacks by forces loyal to the Libyan leader. The arrest of the command coincides with news that the Black Watch, a battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, is in a state of permanent alert in an RAF base in Wiltshire to move to Libya in 24 hours if necessary, although the Minister of Defence has denied plans for a military deployment.
Like other countries, London has been used to repatriate its soldiers trapped countrymen in Libya. A group of Dutch special forces has apparently been Gafadi captured by troops in an operation like that. Moreover, the French foreign minister, Alain Juppe, on an official visit in Cairo, said yesterday that if the fighting in Libya are even more bloody "will be prepared to react." He added: "So we accepted the scheduling of a no-fly zone in Libya." Juppe dismissed, yes, a land of Western military intervention "would have negative effects.
Could lead to rejection in the public and the Arab peoples."
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