Friday, March 18, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates March 18, 2011

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War With Libya Looms -- Time Magazine

After weeks of warning from the Pentagon about the downsides of launching a no-fly zone over Libya, the U.S. and its major European allies declared war on Muammar Gaddafi and his forces holding on to power in the north African nation. NATO surveillance aircraft have been scouring Libya for potential targets for more than a week. Warplanes from the U.S. and other allies, flying from any of several bases in Italy in the region, could begin taking out Libyan air defense sites and tank formations within hours. But U.S. officers suggested that U.S. action might not be imminent, and that other NATO warplanes might strike first, perhaps aided by U.S. cruise missiles from several of six American warships -- and a submarine -- in the Mediterranean.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Reuters Live Wire On Libya -- Reuters
Libya live report -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libya Live -- The Telegraph

Security Council votes for no-fly zone -- Financial Times
Gaddafi and son mock UN intervention -- Sydney Morning Herald
Muammar Gaddafi threatens Europe after UN 'injustice' -- The Telegraph
Kadhafi says 'hell' awaits anyone who attacks Libya -- AFP
Factbox: Arabs respond to U.N. resolution on Libya -- Reuters

Libya orders ceasefire after U.N. resolution -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Libya declares cease-fire after UN vote -- Yahoo News/AP
Libya announces immediate ceasefire -- Yahoo News/AFP
UN backs Libya air strikes, Kadhafi defiant -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libya Calls Ceasefire after U.N. Resolution -- Time
Libya 'to halt military action' -- BBC
Libya announces cease-fire as military intervention looms -- L.A. Times
Libya Declares Cease-Fire After UN Resolution -- Radio Free Europe
Libya: ceasefire declared in wake of UN resolution -- The Telegraph
Libya Declares Immediate Ceasefire -- Spiegel Online
Libya declares-cease fire after U.N. approves intervention -- Washington Post
Libya no-fly zone prompts Moammar Khadafy to announce ceasefire with rebel forces -- New York Daily News
As Libya announces cease-fire, violence reported in Misrata -- CNN

Clinton: Qaddafi must pull back forces, step down -- CBS News
Clinton: U.N. resolution on Libya only one step -- Reuters
US tells Gadhafi to pull back from east Libya -- AP
Clinton unimpressed by Libyan ceasefire announcement -- M&C
Clinton to Libya: U.S. not 'impressed by words' -- MSNBC

Qaddafi's Forces Attack Last Rebel-Held Western City -- FOX News
Reports of violence raging despite Libya cease-fire -- CNN
Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead -- Reuters
Libya declares immediate ceasefire... but bombing goes on as British fighter jets move in for air attack -- Daily Mail
Libya shuts air space in face of strikes -- Yahoo News/AFP

NATO nearly ready to implement UN resolution on Libya -- RIA Novosti
NATO Says Conditions Met for Military Action - -Wall Street Journal
Libya declares cease-fire as EU leaders plan military strikes -- Christian Science Monitor
Libya Calls Cease-Fire After Britain and France Vow Action ‘Soon’ -- New York Times
Amid uncertainty, allies prepare for no-fly zone -- AP
France: Ceasefire does not change threat in Libya -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Libya Intervention May Start in 'Several Hours,' France Says -- SFGate/Bloomberg
West moves to enforce no-fly zone -- BBC
Air Force Chief Says No-Fly Zone May Take Week to Impose -- Bloomberg
Canadian fighter jets heading to Libya -- Toronto Sun
Denmark: 4 F-16s readied to defend Libyan people -- Copenhagen Post

In Libya's east, Gaddafi seen at "end of line"
-- Reuters
Libya declares ceasefire that rebels call bluff -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libya's Rebels Celebrate the U.N. Resolution -- Time
Libya regime defiant as rebels celebrate UN action -- Yahoo News/AFP

FACTBOX-Military assets in play in Libya crisis -- Reuters
Q+A - How would a no-fly zone work over Libya? -- Reuters
Questions Remain Concerning No-Fly Zone Over Libya -- Voice of America
What planet does the Libyan Foreign Minister live on? -- Rick Moran, American Thinker
No-fly zone in Libya: Will it work? -- The Economist
Is it too late for a no-fly zone over Libya? -- Al Jazeera
Libya: All Necessary Measures? -- Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker
What the UN resolution means -- CNN
After all the dithering, it may still be too late to turn the brutal tide -- Paul McGeough, Sydney Morning Herald
Into the unknown with military action on Libya -- Peter Apps, Reuters
By Declaring 'Ceasefire', Gaddafi Muddies the Waters on Libya -- Tony Karon, Time
Libya May Give The F-22 Its First Wartime Test -- The Danger Room

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