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Mar 19, 2011 6:11 PM CDT

Libya Condemns 'Barbaric Aggression'

Russia complains UN's resolution was 'hastily adopted'

(Newser) - Libya has quickly condemned the attacks by the US and other nations as a "barbaric aggression" that has wounded a "large number of civilians" and caused heavy damage, reports the Times of India . "The pretext that this aggression is designed to protect civilians is contradicted by what...

Obama Stresses Jobs in Brazil, Keeps Eye on Libya

Mar 19, 2011 3:30 PM CDT

Obama Stresses Jobs in Brazil, Keeps Eye on Libya

His five-day trip to Latin America overshadowed by military action

(Newser) - Seeking to link his Latin American tour to job growth back home, President Obama said today the US was eager to sell its goods and services to Brazil's booming middle class. With his message all but overshadowed by the chaos in Libya and Japan, Obama held meetings with newly elected...

Call Him Our
'Imperial'
President

Andrew Sullivan

Mar 19, 2011 11:44 AM CDT

Call Him Our 'Imperial' President

Andrew Sullivan: Libya action makes no sense; Congress should vote

(Newser) - President Obama's speech yesterday justifying military action against Libya was "disturbingly empty," writes Andrew Sullivan at his Daily Dish blog in the Atlantic. Notice he didn't try to explain why we're moving against Tripoli but not allies Bahrain or Yemen? That's "because, one suspects, there is no...

French Fighter Jets
Start Patrols Over Libya

Mar 19, 2011 10:17 AM CDT

French Fighter Jets Start Patrols Over Libya

Move comes after Ghadafi again defies UN

(Newser) - French military jets have begun patrols over the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the first tangible sign of the promised no-fly zone, reports the BBC . French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the move after an international summit in Paris. Earlier, Moammar Gadhafi reversed himself and said he wouldn't abide by the UN...

Hillary Clinton Drove President Obama's Decision to Use Military Force on Libya

Clinton Drove
Obama Shift on Libya

ANALYSIS

Mar 19, 2011 8:52 AM CDT

Clinton Drove Obama Shift on Libya

Secretary of State secured Arab buy-in, convinced prez to act

(Newser) - President Obama came late to the decision to authorize military force against Libya , but he did so based on the counsel and efforts of Hillary Clinton, reports the New York Times . The secretary of state was herself against intervention until she secured buy-in from Arab nations; she then joined a...

Moammar Gadhafi Calls UN Action 'Invalid,' Strikes Rebels in Benghazi

Calling UN Action 'Invalid,'
Gadhafi Hits Rebels

Mar 19, 2011 5:52 AM CDT

Calling UN Action 'Invalid,' Gadhafi Hits Rebels

Says 'Libya is for Libyans

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi says the UN resolution authorizing international military intervention in Libya is "invalid." The Libyan leader says he sent a message to President Barack Obama defending his decision to attack rebel cities: "If you found them taking over American cities by the force of arms, tell...

Obama
Gives Blunt
Warning
to Gadhafi

Mar 18, 2011 2:23 PM CDT

Obama Gives Blunt Warning to Gadhafi

Cease attacks immediately or face military action, he says

(Newser) - President Obama warned Moammar Gadhafi today if he doesn't immediately pull back his troops from major cities and cease attacks on protesters, the world community will make good on its promise of military action, reports CNN . He emphasized that the US would not act alone and that no American ground...

UN's Libya Decision
Carries Huge Risks

OPINION

Mar 18, 2011 1:58 PM CDT

UN's Libya Decision Carries Huge Risks

Let's just hope Gadhafi crumbles quickly: Marc Lynch

(Newser) - Marc Lynch hopes "fervently" that the UN's decision on Libya causes Moammar Gadhafi's regime to fall quickly. It could "reverse the flagging fortunes of the Arab uprisings" and put both the US and international community on the right side of the protest movement, he writes in Foreign Policy...

Libya Declares Cease-Fire

Mar 18, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Libya Declares Cease-Fire

Foreign minister says country will abide by UN resolution

(Newser) - So much for shooting down passenger jets : Libya is imposing an immediate cease-fire, the country's foreign minister tells reporters. Moussa Koussa says Libya will abide by the UN Security Council's recent resolution and will halt military operations against rebels, USA Today reports. Though Koussa was not a fan of the...

Gadhafi: We'll
Shoot Down
Passenger Jets

Mar 18, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

Gadhafi: We'll Shoot Down Passenger Jets

Meanwhile, son says 'New York Times' journalists will be released

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi is not taking the UN resolution authorizing military attacks against him well. Last night, his defense ministry warned that Libya might retaliate against "any foreign military act" by attacking "all air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea" as well as "civilian and military" facilities,...

Gadhafi Cancels
Benghazi Offensive

Mar 18, 2011 2:45 AM CDT

Gadhafi Cancels Benghazi Offensive

Rebels cheer UN no-fly zone

(Newser) - As Libyan rebels cheered the United Nations' last-minute approval of a no-fly zone , Moammar Gadhafi's forces decided the promised offensive against Benghazi was off. "We will chase the traitors from Benghazi,” the dictator had told his troops earlier. “Destroy their fortifications. Show them no mercy." Gadhafi's...

UN Approves Libya
No-Fly Zone, Military Action

Mar 17, 2011 5:41 PM CDT

UN Approves Libya No-Fly Zone, Military Action

Vote is 10-0, with five abstentions

(Newser) - The UN Security Council has approved a resolution to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and authorize "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces. The vote today was 10-0 with five abstentions, including Russia and China. It needed nine votes to pass, and no...

Let Libya's Neighbors Step Up

OPINION

Mar 17, 2011 12:49 PM CDT

Let Libya's Neighbors Step Up

If they want a no-fly zone, let them do it: Leslie Gelb

(Newser) - The Arab League wants a no-fly zone over Libya, as does France and Britain. Great, writes Leslie Gelb at the Daily Beast . Go right ahead and put one up. Instead, these "strategic moralists" are waiting for the UN to act, knowing full well that Russia and China will veto...

US Ready
to Back
Airstrikes
on Libya

Mar 17, 2011 7:46 AM CDT

US Ready to Back Airstrikes on Libya

Fears no-fly zone is too late, backs broader resolution

(Newser) - With a siege in Benghazi looking like a distinct possibility, the White House is suddenly looking to use some muscle in Libya. After weeks of discussion, the administration has concluded that a no-fly zone would likely be “too little, too late” to save the rebels, the New York Times...

Libya Rebels:
Massacre Will
Be on World's
Conscience

Mar 17, 2011 1:21 AM CDT

Libya Rebels: Massacre Will Be on World's Conscience

Red Cross flees Benghazi as Gadhafi attack looms

(Newser) - As Moammar Gadhafi's forces make their way toward Libyan rebel stronghold Benghazi , the situation in the city is getting tenser by the moment, reports the BBC . A spokesman for the rebels' council says there will be a "massacre" if the international community fails to intervene. Gadhafi will "kill...

Four NYT Journalists
Missing in Libya

Mar 16, 2011 2:56 PM CDT

Four NYT Journalists Missing in Libya

Reporters were in Ajdabiya as it was overrun

(Newser) - Four New York Times staffers are missing in Libya, the newspaper says . They were in the Ajdabiya as it was overrun by government forces yesterday, and the paper has gotten unsubstantiated reports they were taken by government forces. “We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli,...

Gadhafi Forces Clear
the Way to Benghazi

Mar 16, 2011 7:54 AM CDT

Gadhafi Forces Clear the Way to Benghazi

Troops take Ajdabiya, last town before rebel capital

(Newser) - Just one day after Moammar Gadhafi’s forces reportedly took back the Libyan rebels’ last western stronghold , they seized another key town: Ajdabiya, the last town between Gadhafi’s forces and the rebel capital of Benghazi. Fighter jets bombed the town yesterday, leaving the city “in ruins,” says...

Squatters Give Tour of Gadhafi's London Home

Mar 16, 2011 2:39 AM CDT

Squatters Give Tour of Gadhafi's London Home

Posh $17M home belongs to Libyan people, they say

(Newser) - An opulent London home belonging to one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons was taken over by squatters last week who have vowed to stay put until the dictator is ousted. This week, Laurie Penny gets a tour. The activists, who have links to Libyan rebels, have opened up Seif al Islam...

Germany Blocks
No-Fly Zone
for Libya

Mar 15, 2011 2:09 PM CDT

Germany Blocks No-Fly Zone for Libya

Clinton, meanwhile, tells rebels the US won't act alone

(Newser) - Hopes for a G8-enforced no-fly zone over Libya were dashed today, as Germany, with backup from Russia, shot down a plan forwarded by England and France, the Guardian reports. German Foreign Minister Guido Westermalle said that though his country wanted to see the violence stop, it did not want "...

Libyan Rebels Lose Last
Western Stronghold

Mar 15, 2011 6:32 AM CDT

Libyan Rebels Lose Last Western Stronghold

Gadhafi's forces have captured Zwara, witnesses say

(Newser) - Libyan rebels lost their last western stronghold yesterday, the AP reports. According to witnesses, Moammar Gadhafi’s forces captured Zwara, which was the last city west of Tripoli formerly held by the rebels. The victory gives Gadhafi a complete hold on Libya’s western stretch of coastline, and though rebels...