Topic: War and Peace News - on March 18, 2011 at 8:28:00 AM CET
The UN Security Council imposes a no-fly zone over Libya and authorises "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
Benghazi now throwing what's probably the biggest party in its recent history.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 8:33:00 PM CET
Libya NFSL Summary of Gaddafi's speech... "2%&$&/&$§&Z$!#1$@" and "!#$!$(&§&""/&$$@#$%%!^(@!$!$$"!§=?(" - Zenga Zenga
Libya's Gadhafi tells Benghazi residents "we are coming tonight' and 'there won't be any mercy' -
Reuters @ twitter.comGaddafi: 'every inch,' 'every street,' 'every house,' 'every closet' will be searched in Benghazi (& yes,he said zenga zenga again)
guardian.co.uk globalspin.blogs.time.com Libya NFSL [National Front for the Salvation of Libya] wiki
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 7:33:00 PM CET
Libya says any attack would threaten Mediterranean
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:54:00 PM CET
Gaddafi forces bomb rebel-held Benghazi
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have reportedly launched their first bombing raids on the main rebel-held city of Benghazi.
BBC correspondents in the city heard the sound of low-flying aircraft and explosions on the outskirts of the second city, which has a population of a million.
Reports say the targets included the city's airport at Benina.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:52:00 PM CET
U.S. FINALLY decides it wants a no-fly zone... but it's too little too late as Gaddafi closes in on Benghazi
The U.S. has said the UN Security Council should consider more than a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians as France pushed the panel to vote before Libyan rebels are defeated.
The remarks from U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice were the clearest statement from Washington so far that it will back a Security Council resolution authorising a no-fly zone over the North African state.
But the decisiveness may have come too late as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces bombarded the key eastern city of Ajdabiya, with fears he could retake Libya’s second city Benghazi if Ajdabiya falls.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 6:16:00 PM CET
Mark Lyall Grant, the UK's ambassador to the United Nations, says that the UN Security Council has scheduled a vote on a resolution for 2200GMT (6pm local time in New York), Reuters reports.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 5:35:00 PM CET
BBC Arab League envoy to the UN have confirmed that 2 Arab countries are prepared to participate in enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya
The United States has joined France, Britain and Lebanon in pressing for timely approval of the UN Security Council's draft resolution on intervention in Libya
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 5:06:00 PM CET
Libya rebels say shoot down Gaddafi's warplanes
A rebel spokesman said on Thursday Libyan rebel forces had shot down two government warplanes raiding Benghazi in the east of the country.
There was no immediate comment from official sources.
A witness said residents in the city celebrated the shooting down of the two planes which they saw as victories by the rebels over Muammar Gaddafi's forces. But the witness was unable to reach the locations where the planes reportedly came down.
"Two Gaddafi fighter planes were shot down by the rebels, one in the morning that tried to raid Benina airport and another in the Buatani area on the outskirts of Benghazi. There were no casualties," Essam Gheriani, a spokesman for the rebel movement in Benghazi said.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 4:07:00 PM CET
Libyan army will stop its operations on Sunday to give rebels a chance to surrender:
(Reuters) - Libya's armed forces said it would stop military operations on Sunday to give rebels a chance to surrender, Al Arabiya TV reported on Thursday, without giving further details about the offer.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 3:11:00 PM CET
Gaddafi army at rebel stronghold: state TV
Libyan rebels say they have shot down two warplanes trying to bomb their eastern bastion, Benghazi, as state television claimed major military gains by strongman Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
With battles raging in the east and west, France on Thursday scrambled Foreign Minister Alain Juppe to the UN Security Council in a bid to get a draft resolution authorising action in Libya passed.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 2:55:00 PM CET
The statement from NATO chief Rasmussen
" Time is of the essence, time is rapidly running out, but I don't think it's too late. Very much will depend on the UN Security Council decision. "
"I can imagine the international community and the United Nations standing strongly together behind the Libyan people if the weakened regime continues to attack its own people."
"It is absolutely outrageous to see the Libyan regime systematically attack its own civilian population. These acts may amount to crimes against humanity."
thenews.pl channel6newsonline.com
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 17, 2011 at 2:31:00 PM CET
Air strikes have taken place in Benghazi
Al Jazeera's James Bays in Tobruk reports that fresh air strikes have taken place in Benghazi in the last few minutes, with the airport being targetted in one of the attacks. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley in Benghazi says that there have been casualties, though the exact numbers are unclear at this early stage.
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