Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 10:45:00 AM CET
NATO have just begun their fourth-straight day of negotiations to determine whether and how NATO can assume command of the military intervention against Gaddafi.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 10:12:00 AM CET
No agreement over Nato command: Britain and France will display a united front in their...
Britain and France will display a united front in their offensive against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime when EU leaders meet later today.
However, their latest summit in Brussels comes after three fraught days of talks at Nato headquarters, which have failed to resolve deep rifts over operational and political strategy for running the no-fly zone.
Late last night, Nato ambassadors gave up a third attempt to agree who should lead on-going military operations.
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Topic: nuclear power - on March 24, 2011 at 8:26:00 AM CET
helicopter video #3 deshaked & slow motion
Brennstäbe sind dünner als die weißen Stäbe, die man da rumliegen sieht.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 8:21:00 AM CET
Libya rebels coordinating with West on air assault
Leaders of the opposition national council, in Benghazi and in Europe, are helping allied commanders identify targets for strikes. Allied officials walk a fine line as the U.N. mandate bars them from actively helping the rebels in their goal to oust Moammar Kadafi.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 7:44:00 AM CET
Libya is NOT in a civil war. #Gaddafi troops are foreign mercenaries.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 7:41:00 AM CET
Sanctions in 72 hours: How the U.S. pulled off a major freeze of Libyan assets
The Treasury Department team had been working nonstop on a plan to freeze Libyan assets in U.S. banks, hoping they might snare $100 million or more and prevent Moammar Gaddafi from tapping it as he unleashed deadly attacks against protesters who wanted him gone.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 7:38:00 AM CET
Allied air strikes secure Misrata for rebels
Nearly 12 hours of allied air strikes have broken the Libyan regime's five-day bloody assault on the key rebel-held town of Misrata.
Residents said the aerial bombardment destroyed tanks and artillery and sent many of Muammar Gaddafi's forces fleeing from Misrata, ending a siege and attack by the regime that cost nearly 100 lives from random shelling, snipers and bitter street fighting.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 7:33:00 AM CET
Libya's biggest tribe joins march of reconciliation to Benghazi
Bani Walid looks like any Libyan town with its breezeblock houses, unpaved streets and giant posters of Muammar Gaddafi. But it is famous for resisting Italian colonialism and as the centre of the country's biggest tribe, which is now anxious to be seen as a loyal pillar of the regime.
With more than a million members, Warfalla live all over Libya, including in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. The tribe's geographical distribution means it is well-placed to help heal bitter divisions by joining a peaceful "green march" to the eastern city to promote reconciliation and avoid the Korea-style partition of the country many fear.
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Topic: EU - on March 23, 2011 at 8:23:00 PM CET
'Serious' cyber attack on EU bodies before summit
The EU has reported a "serious" cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC.
Crucial decisions on the future structure of the EU, economic strategy and the ongoing war in Libya are to be discussed at the two-day talks.
Details were not given but other sources compared the attack to a recent assault on France's finance ministry.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 8:04:00 PM CET
Sites libyafeb17.com and feb17.info were hacked.
Folders were deleted. Thank God the webmasters had recent backups. Back online now.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 12:41:00 PM CET
Syria's Revolt: How Graffiti Stirred an Uprising
The words have been repeated from Tunisia to Egypt, from Yemen to Bahrain. "The people want the regime to fall" — the mantra of revolution. And so, last week, after 15 kids wrote those words on a wall in the agricultural town of Dara'a in southern Syria, the local governor decided to come down hard. The young people — all under 17 — were thrown in jail. The punishment stunned the town and, suddenly, Syria — so confidently authoritarian — got its first strong taste of rebellion in what is called the Arab Spring.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 9:57:00 AM CET
Clinton On Libya: Gaddafi Is 'Game Playing' But Could Be Looking For Exit Strategy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking with ABC's Diane Sawyer, said that Gaddafi was engaged in "theater" and "game playing," but that he might be looking for an exit strategy.
After claiming that allies have allegedly been reaching out on Gaddafi's behalf, Clinton acknowledged that a lot of the Libyan leader's actions were "theater." However, she then added that "some of it, we think, is exploring. You know, what are my options, where could I go, what could I do. And we would encourage that."
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