Friday, April 15, 2011

Continue operations in Libya until Qaddafi go

The allies continue military operations in Libya until Qaddafi leaves office, said today in a joint article the U.S. and French presidents, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy, respectively, and the British prime minister, David Cameron. In the article, published in Friday's edition of the newspaper "The Times" of London, "Le Figaro" in Paris, the U.S.

"International Herald Tribune" and the pan-Arabic "Al Hayat", the three leaders stressed that Gaddafi "must go, and go forever," so that Libya can form a new government. "While Gadhafi continue in power, NATO and coalition partners will maintain their operations so as to protect civilians and increase pressure on the regime," he explained.

Once the Libyan leader has left power, "may truly begin a genuine transition from dictatorship to a constitutional process that includes all headed by a new generation of leaders," the leaders highlight. Today, they add, Gadhafi continues to exert violence against its own people and launched bloody attacks on rebel strongholds.

Although the UN resolution that instructs the international community to protect civilians does not specify the progress of the Libyan leader, pointing, "it is impossible to imagine a future in which Gadhafi Libya continue in power." "The UK, France and the United States will not rest until the Security Council resolutions the UN has been launched and the Libyan people to choose their own future," he explained.

The article seeks to demonstrate the unity of the three leaders in times of internal strife within NATO about what path to take the mission in Libya. Cameron and asked Sarkozy earlier this week a mission more decisively against Gadhafi in the United States, which ceded control of NATO operations two weeks ago, has more weight, since otherwise believe that the conflict can enter a bloody stalemate.

The United States has flatly rejected enhance its role in operations. London and Paris came today at the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO to be held in Berlin asking their partners more aircraft to attack ground targets of the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, who mainly develop work forces here.

The military authorities of the Alliance itself now recognized as well that would like to see more of these aircraft participating in the bombing, as reported to the ministers of the NATO supreme commander in Europe, U.S. General James Stavridis. However, the petition has so far been futile, as there has been no concrete offer, he admitted the general secretary ally, Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

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