Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:59:00 PM CET
Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi, left Taranto
Italian aircraft carrier Garibaldi, left Taranto for Libya. news states it's "fully armed" AV8Bs Harrier on board?
Giuseppe Garibaldi (551) is an Italian aircraft carrier. She is named after the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Built by Fincantieri (Italcantieri) at the Monfalcone shipyards in the Gulf of Trieste, she was laid down in March 1981, launched in 1983 and commissioned on 30 September 1985. Garibaldi is classed as a CVS–ASW or Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft Carrier and is based in Taranto.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:50:00 PM CET
EUROCONTROL actions following UN Security Council resolution on Libya
Following the United Nations Security Council resolution 1973 to apply a "No - Fly" zone over Libya, and the ban on flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, all flight plans for traffic wishing to operate into this airspace will be suspended by EUROCONTROL.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:41:00 PM CET
David Cameron, the UK's prime minister, says that the international community will judge Gaddafi's government by "his actions not his words".
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:16:00 PM CET
Waffenstillstand angekündigt - Kehrtwende oder taktische Maßnahme?
Die in der Nacht auf Freitag beschlossene UNO-Resolution samt den unmittelbar darauf begonnenen Vorbereitungen auf eine Militäraktion gegen die Truppen von Machthaber Al-Gaddafi haben zu ersten Konsequenzen in Libyen geführt. Außenminister Kussa kündigte Freitagnachmittag einen sofortigen Waffenstillstand an. Laut seinen Aussagen wird die Offensive gegen die Rebellenhochburgen gestoppt, damit sich Zivilisten in Sicherheit bringen können.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:07:00 PM CET
Libya declares immediate ceasefire
Libya has announced it will halt all military operations in the country following a decision by the United Nations Security Council to back a no-fly zone over the country.
Mussa Kussa, the Libyan foreign secretary, said his government was interested in protecting all civilians and foreigners in a statement televised on Friday.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 2:02:00 PM CET
Libya accepts U.N. resolution for immediate ceasefire, decides to halt all military action
Libya's foreign minister: "Libya, after having seen the resolution, would like to explain the following.
As the country will try to deal with this resolution. Libya now has knowledge of this resolution, and according to article 25 of the UN charter, and taking into consideration that Libya is a full member of the UN, we accept that it is obliged to accept the security council resolution.
Therefore, Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire, and the stoppage of all military operations.
Libya takes great interest in protecting all civilians, and offering them all necessary humanitarian aid, and respecting all human rights, and obliging to the international and humanitarian laws and it is also obliged to protect all of the foreigners in Libya and protecting their assets.
In doing so, Libya is in accordance with the resolutions of the security council and the articles of the charter of the United Nations.
We emphasise in the resolution 1973 for the year 2011, we emphasise and agree to the article regarding the protection of civilians and the territorial unity of Libya.
"And therefore, building on this, we are opening all dialogue channels with everyone interested in the territorial unity of Libya.
"And my country is very serious about continuing the development, economic, political, humanitarian and social development of the Libyan nation.
"And we have indeed taken serious steps in continuing this development for the good of the Libyan people. And we believe that this will take the country back to safety and security for all Libyans.
"We also express our sadness towards what the resolution has included, of procedures against the Libyan nation, such as the no-fly zone, which includes commercial and civilian flights.This will increase the suffering of the Libyan people, and will have a negative impact on the general life of Libyan people.
"The international community should have exempted civilians from the resolution to secure their quality of life.
"Also, the total and inclusive freezing of all Libyan assets and investments will have a very negative impact on normal Libyans and also on Libya's ability to fulfill its contracts locally and internationally.
"Libya also finds that its very strange that the UN allows in its resolution the use of military power and there are signs that this might indeed take place.
"This goes clearly against the UN Charter, and its a violation of the national sovereignty of Libya. And it's also in violation of Article 4(2) of the UN Charter.
"And finally, we insist and emphasise our request for all international governments, NGOs and others to check the facts on the ground by sending fact-finding missions so that they can take the right decision by seeing the facts on the ground.
"Thank you." "
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 1:45:00 PM CET
US Gulfstream IV tail nr N475LC overhead Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus - The mystery of 'torture plane' N475LC
As our nation debates the merits and legality of squeezing the gonads of Muslim clerics in dark, dank, undisclosed prison cells, and as we ponder the constitutional authority behind the warrantless bugging of telephones and personal computers owned by unindicted, uncharged American citizens, it is easy to mentally sidestep the nagging but inherent questions such abhorrent activities raise. After all, this is the Christmas season. There's shopping to be done. And all of that stuff is unfolding somewhere far, far away, right?
lasvegascitylife.com planepictures.net jetphotos.net Gardai refuse to search known CIA rendition plane at Shannon
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 12:54:00 PM CET
Libyan airspace closed to all traffic
Europe's air traffic control agency says Libya has closed its airspace to all traffic.
The move Friday comes a day after the UN Security Council authorized a no-fly zone over Libya and “all necessary measures” to stop strongman Moammar Gadhafi from launching attacks on his own people. The United States, France and Britain are now discussing how to enforce the no-fly zone.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 12:53:00 PM CET
Italian Air Force C-130J tail number MM62185 is entering Tripoli ACC Libya NOW as INDIA 2186, called 120.900 MHz Tripoli
about 2 hours ago
Update: news agencies reported Italian Embassy was evacuated today
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 12:25:00 PM CET
David Cameron, the UK's prime minister, says that his country will deploy Tornadoes and Typhoon aircraft in a Libya operation.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 18, 2011 at 12:20:00 PM CET
Japan raises incident level at nuclear site - IAEA
Japan has raised the incident level at a disaster-hit nuclear power reactor, the U.N. nuclear watchdog reported on a monitoring website on Friday.
The entry gave the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi site a level 5 rating, up from level 4 previously on a 1-7 scale.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 11:54:00 AM CET
Heaviest bombardment since fighting started
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the rebel-held city of Misrata on Friday with tanks and heavy artillery, rebels and residents said.
"There have been heavy bombardments since 7 o'clock (0500 GMT) this morning. They are bombing everything, the houses, the centre of the city," insurgent Saadoun told Reuters by phone from the city, the last big rebel stronghold in western Libya.
"It's the heaviest bombardment I have seen so far."
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