Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 7:32:00 PM CET
How Obama turned on a dime toward war
At the start of this week, the consensus around Washington was that military action against Libya was not in the cards. However, in the last several days, the White House completely altered its stance and successfully pushed for the authorization for military intervention against Libyan leader Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi. What changed?
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 7:24:00 PM CET
The White House - March 18, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
President Barack Obama demanded Friday that Moammar Gadhafi halt all military attacks against civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down the United States would join in military action against him.
Still, Obama also said the United States “is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya.”
In a brief appearance at the White House, Obama said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would travel to Paris on Saturday to join in a meeting of allies called to discuss next steps in Libya, where Gadhafi has launched a brutal crackdown against rebels trying to end his 42-year reign.
I was awaiting a speech by Obama. It's unlike the USA to start a military operation without a statement from the President.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 6:50:00 PM CET
Libya set to release NY Times journalists: report
Four New York Times journalists who were captured by Libyan forces while covering the conflict there will be released on Friday, the Times reported.
The son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, told ABC News they would be released, and the Times reported that Libyan officials told the U.S. State Department on Thursday evening that all four would be released.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 6:35:00 PM CET
Libya declares ceasefire but fighting goes on
Libya's government has announced an immediate ceasefire against pro-democracy protesters, hours after the United Nations Security Council authorised a no-fly zone over the country.
In a statement televised on Friday, Moussa Koussa, the Libyan foreign minister, said his government was interested in protecting all civilians and foreigners.
"We decided on an immediate ceasefire and on an immediate stop to all military operations," he said, adding "[Libya] takes great interest in protecting civilians".
Koussa said because his country was a member of the United Nations it was "obliged to accept the UN Security Council's resolutions".
But government forces continued to fire on the rebel-held western city of Misurata, witnesses said, where an earlier attack had claimed the lives of at least 25 people.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:35:00 PM CET
Merkel erwägt Awacs-Einsatz in Afghanistan
Die Bundesregierung könnte laut Außenminister Westerwelle ihr Afghanistan-Engagement erhöhen, um den USA die Verlegung von Aufklärungskapazitäten für einen Libyen-Einsatz zu ermöglichen. Union und FDP signalisieren Zustimmung.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:33:00 PM CET
NATO’s airborne surveillance: Eyes in the sky
Effective air defence is a NATO priority. The Alliance’s fleet of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aeroplanes, play a key role in air defence across the Euro-Atlantic region.
While the recent problems in Libya have increased the need for airborne surveillance over the Mediterranean ocean, NATO has been routinely operating AWACS aircraft in the region as part of its long-standing counter-terrorist Operation Active Endeavour (OAE) since 2007.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 5:24:00 PM CET
AWACS E-3A tail nr LX-N90451 airborne out of Trapani Italy heading Malta
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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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