Saturday, March 19, 2011

Ultimatum to Gaddafi "real truce or attacks"

"SARA 'hell if foreigners hit the Libya announced in the morning, the Rais, Mouammar Gaddafi. Libya is not afraid, "he said this morning with his usual disdainful arrogance, the second son of Colonel, Saif al Islam, announcing the sending of Benghazi in anti-terrorism units to disarm the rebels. A message to the West to reaffirm that insurgents are "terrorists linked to al Qaeda," as his father has repeated in every public speech since the beginning of the revolt.

only to be denied, a few hours later, his foreign minister that a surprise, he announced "an immediate cease- fire "to" respect the UN resolution, of which Libya is a part. "Gaddafi will be judged by deeds and not by the words," was the response of British Prime Minister David Cameron. "It 's another bluff" Instead he said the military leader of the insurgents, Khalifa Hefti, that "Gaddafi and his family are liars." But the ultimatum to the Libyan leader arrived in the evening, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, "The regime in Tripoli has warned, must implement an immediate ceasefire, a truce true, or the coalition of the willing will comply with the UN resolution for military action.

" Obama stated that the U.S. still does not send ground troops on the territory of Libya, but Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the face "with a choice: the ceasefire should be achieved immediately. This means, he continued - that all attacks civilians must stop. Gaddafi to stop the advance of his troops ...

humanitarian assistance must be able to reach the people of Libya. These terms are not negotiable, "said the head of the White House. And if Gaddafi does not comply, the United States and the allies will use "military action". Gaddafi - said Obama - has now lost the support of its people and legitimacy.

"Not only that, the Rais, has urged the U.S. president," has decided to ignore the wide appeal of the international community. "" It 's law and responsibility of the people choose their destiny and their change, "Obama said, reiterating that the U.S. does not intend to" dictate "the terms of the change.

For this reason" the U.S. will not send troops on the territory of Libya, "but will" ask driving "of humanitarian assistance becomes necessary. Obama has reaffirmed that the United States are on the side of universal human rights, and Gaddafi" must comply with point by point, as provided by resolution of the UN Security Council ".

France, Britain and the United States, in a joint statement the three governments have warned Gaddafi to stop the military advance on Benghazi and to withdraw troops from the cities "occupied" by soldiers loyal to the regime. The document, also signed by "some Arab countries," asks the immediate restoration of water, electricity and gas to the cities in rebel hands.

"Resolution 1973 imposes very specific requirements which must be respected," it said in a statement released dall'Eliseo, in which it calls "the end of the advance to Benghazi Libyan troops and their withdrawal from Adjabiyah, Measured and Zawiyah, as well as access of humanitarian aid to the people, all terms and conditions "not negotiable".

"If Gaddafi will obey not the 1973 resolution, the international community will make him pay the consequences and the implementation of the resolution will be imposed by military means," the statement concluded. While the insurgents, however, confirms that the Benghazi troops loyal to the Libyan leader WOULD BE continuing the offensive despite the announcement of the cease-fire ("I am 50 km from the city") and ordered all fighters to take sides in defense of the road D 'Western approaches to the city, Britain and France, in the coming hours will test the true intentions of the regime in Tripoli, fly over the regions by the theater of battle between soldiers and insurgents by coalition aircraft.

In particular, hunting Air Force of Great Britain and France could be sent into the skies of Libya before the summit talks in Paris, scheduled for tomorrow at 13:30 to send a political message to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. "The idea is not to bomb Libya, but to send a political message." To expose the "lie" of the truce announced, moreover, has not had to wait long.

While Musa Kusa "proclaimed" the truce, in fact, the loyalist troops poured a rain of fire on measured, the last stronghold of the rebels in the west, about 200 kilometers from Tripoli. The attack - according to witnesses and sources of insurgents - has gone on for hours, with heavy artillery.

After the bombs, the loyalists have tried to enter the city with "about 25 tanks." According to Al Jazeera, also continues to advance on Benghazi and government troops were 50 kilometers from the city. The Libyan government, which yesterday announced it had recaptured Misurata, denied today that there was a military operation against the port city of about 400 000 inhabitants on the Gulf of Sirte.

But hospital officials deny the government, and say that at least 25 civilians dead, including children. " For its part, the Libyan government has asked Ankara to monitor the cease-fire announced by the regime of Colonel Gaddafi in combat with rebels of the National Transitional Council (CNT).

Libya has asked Turkey, Malta and China to send "urgent" observers to oversee compliance with the UN resolution. The Libyan deputy foreign minister, in the evening, confirmed that troops loyal to Gaddafi "has no intention to enter Benghazi and still remain outside the city. As for the troops in other cities, the vice minister added that "they are only there to protect people and ensure the normal life of the people." The representative of Foreign Affairs has also requested the Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon coming soon to Libya to verify the actual situation.

But the situation seems to precipitate military action in Libya. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, Muammar Gaddafi has accused of violating the UN resolution adopted on Thursday evening which required an immediate cease-fire. Ms. Rice added that the Colonel will face "swift and sure consequences including military action" if it does not respect the truce.

And a charge of U.S. national security, on condition of anonymity, confirmed: Gaddafi's troops continue to advance towards Benghazi. And the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, will be in Paris tomorrow to attend the summit between the European Union, Arab League and African Union, the Libyan crisis.

At this meeting will be decided in the operational strategies to force Gadhafi to respect the UN resolution. Meanwhile, it is unfolding in the Mediterranean a true multinational force of intervention which, in the next few hours, may have to work to ensure the "no fly zone" on Libya and the protection of humanitarian aid to the Libyan community in southern in the region oppose the regime of Gaddafi.

British ships, the French and Americans are under way in and soon the planes of the coalition of the willing are unfold on military airports that were made available from Italy. With the rebels in Libya, but against the UN resolution and the ultimatum-take sides while not supporting Al Qaeda Gaddafi (the latter had threatened to ally with the terrorist group) condemns the "suspicious movements in the United States and its allies" in Libya and launched a warning to the insurgents "do not trust any role the U.S.

and NATO" in their country. In an audio file called "messages of support to free Omar Mukhtar grandchildren" spread on the forums close to the group, one of the leaders of Al Qaeda, Abu Musab Abdul Wadoud, invited the Libyans to be wary of the UN resolution imposing the no-fly zone over country and to "rely solely on her own strength and Islam, which is the spirit and driving force" of the ongoing revolution in the Arab world.

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