Rebel soldiers exchanged gunfire with the forces of Muammar Gadhafi in Libya and East Western planes attacked armored vehicles used by the Government to crush the revolt. The African Union (AU) said it planned to facilitate a dialogue to achieve an end to the crisis in the oil-producing country. But Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said its operation to implement a no-fly zone could be extended three months, and France warned that the conflict could spread.
In Washington, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military said coalition fired 16 Tomahawk cruise missiles and conducted 153 air sorties in the last hours targeting Gadhafi artillery, mechanized forces and command and control infrastructure. Western governments hope that these incursions, launched a week ago with the goal of protecting civilians, also change the balance of power in the battlefield in the popular revolt resisted with violence in the Arab world.
In Tripoli, residents said there was another air raid before dawn, after hearing the roar of a plane followed by a distant explosion and flak bursts. The United States has intensified its contacts with the Libyan opposition and raises recognize the authority of the National Transitional Council (CNT), although that step is still faced with "legal obstacles," said U.S.
ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz. "We are considering the possibility of recognizing (the CNT), but there are several issues of international law that must be answered." The diplomat, ambassador to Libya in late 2008, recalled that the United States has "other steps" such as the suspension of relations with the Libyan embassy in Washington or the distribution of humanitarian aid, to demonstrate "very strong support to the NTC ".
However, the U.S. official qualified that does not mean that Washington knows everything about the opponent's body. NATO has appointed a Canadian general to lead its operations in Libya, realizing what he hopes will be a unified command to supervise the action against forces loyal to the leader of the North African nation.
Maj. Gen. Charles Bouchard will be responsible for much of the air campaign and the naval operation that enforces the arms embargo to the Government of Libya. NATO is expected to begin on Monday the application of force in order to respect the air exclusion zone declared by the UN as well as coordinating naval patrols in the Mediterranean to implement the arms embargo mandated by United Nations against Gadhafi.
With a new UN approval, which is expected tomorrow, NATO will handle the responsibility of bombing Gadhafi armed forces to "protect" civilians from being attacked. The Libya sanctions committee of the Security Council of the UN held its first meeting after taking nearly a month of resolution 1970 to spell out the measures: Remember the 192 UN members have an obligation to report by 26 July initiatives taken to implement the sanctions against Libya.
Add to the sanctions list the names of the Libyan people and entities referred to in resolution 1973, adopted last week authorizing the use of force to protect civilians. Frozen assets to the Central Bank of Libya, Libyan Investment Authority, Libyan Foreign Bank, an investment fund in Africa and the Libyan state oil company.
It is considered that the regime can use these as sources of funding. 
In Washington, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military said coalition fired 16 Tomahawk cruise missiles and conducted 153 air sorties in the last hours targeting Gadhafi artillery, mechanized forces and command and control infrastructure. Western governments hope that these incursions, launched a week ago with the goal of protecting civilians, also change the balance of power in the battlefield in the popular revolt resisted with violence in the Arab world.
In Tripoli, residents said there was another air raid before dawn, after hearing the roar of a plane followed by a distant explosion and flak bursts. The United States has intensified its contacts with the Libyan opposition and raises recognize the authority of the National Transitional Council (CNT), although that step is still faced with "legal obstacles," said U.S.
ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz. "We are considering the possibility of recognizing (the CNT), but there are several issues of international law that must be answered." The diplomat, ambassador to Libya in late 2008, recalled that the United States has "other steps" such as the suspension of relations with the Libyan embassy in Washington or the distribution of humanitarian aid, to demonstrate "very strong support to the NTC ".
However, the U.S. official qualified that does not mean that Washington knows everything about the opponent's body. NATO has appointed a Canadian general to lead its operations in Libya, realizing what he hopes will be a unified command to supervise the action against forces loyal to the leader of the North African nation.
Maj. Gen. Charles Bouchard will be responsible for much of the air campaign and the naval operation that enforces the arms embargo to the Government of Libya. NATO is expected to begin on Monday the application of force in order to respect the air exclusion zone declared by the UN as well as coordinating naval patrols in the Mediterranean to implement the arms embargo mandated by United Nations against Gadhafi.
With a new UN approval, which is expected tomorrow, NATO will handle the responsibility of bombing Gadhafi armed forces to "protect" civilians from being attacked. The Libya sanctions committee of the Security Council of the UN held its first meeting after taking nearly a month of resolution 1970 to spell out the measures: Remember the 192 UN members have an obligation to report by 26 July initiatives taken to implement the sanctions against Libya.
Add to the sanctions list the names of the Libyan people and entities referred to in resolution 1973, adopted last week authorizing the use of force to protect civilians. Frozen assets to the Central Bank of Libya, Libyan Investment Authority, Libyan Foreign Bank, an investment fund in Africa and the Libyan state oil company.
It is considered that the regime can use these as sources of funding.
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