U.N. Security Council approves no-fly zone in Libya

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U.N. Security Council approves no-fly zone in Libya

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/af...ex.html?hpt=T2

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[Maher]

and the crazy man threatens to turn the Mediterranean into a war zone, Air, land and sea ... hope he gets shot soon along with his sons to get rid of all of them

[Joe234]

Gaddafi addresses Benghazi residents

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Egypt Said to Arm Libya Rebels

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...835270906.html

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Gaddafi vows to crush rebellion

(UKPA) – 1 hour ago

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...1300340815529A

Moammar Gaddafi has vowed to launch a final assault on the opposition's capital Benghazi and crush the rebellion as his forces advanced toward the city and warplanes bombed its airport.

In the face of Gaddafi's increasingly powerful offensive, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to strike his forces on land, sea and air.

After weeks of hesitancy over imposing a no-fly zone in Libya, the United States made a dramatic about-face, calling for even more expanded action, including strikes on Gaddafi's ground forces besieging rebel-held cities.

In Benghazi, the main rebel stronghold, a large crowd watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection burst into celebration as green and red fireworks burst in the air.

In Tobruk, east of Benghazi, happy Libyans fired weapons in the air to celebrate the vote.

In contrast, a dentist in the capital of Tripoli rejected the measure. "You are in fact protecting people carrying weapons against the official forces. This is nonsense," said Mohammed Salah, 33.

The shift toward international action reflected the past week's swift reversal of the realities on the ground, where once-confident rebels are now in danger of being crushed under an overpowering pro-Gaddafi force using rockets, artillery, tanks and warplanes. That force has advanced along the Mediterranean coast aiming to recapture the rebel-held eastern half of Libya.

Gaddafi troops encircled the city of Ajdabiya, the first in the path of their march, but also had some troops positioned beyond it toward Benghazi, Libya's second largest city and the headquarters of the opposition's leadership.

In an address on Thursday evening, Gaddafi proclaimed that the "hour of decision has come" and that his regime would begin to put an end to the rebellion. "The matter has been decided ... we are coming," he said, calling in by telephone to state TV and addressing the people of Benghazi. "There is amnesty for those who throw away their weapons and sits in their house ... No matter what they did in the past, (it's) forgiven," he said.

But for those who resist, he said, "there will be no mercy or compassion."

Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.

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UN Security Council Authorizes Military Strikes on Libya

By JORDANA HORN, JPOST CORRESPONDENT
03/18/2011 02:26

Resolution authorizes UN members to take "all necessary measures" to protect civilians and civilian centers; Gaddafi tells rebels that armed forces plan on taking over Benghazi; regime vows retaliation for intervention.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=212699

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[Joe234]

Libya's Qaddafi defies UN, assaults Benghazi

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middl...aults-Benghazi
Fighter jet 'shot down' over Benghazi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12794589