Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Civil War In Libya -- News Updates July 20, 2011



France: Gadhafi Could Stay In Libya In Cease Fire Deal -- NPR

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé expressed a bit of a softer stance on a surrender and cease-fire deal with embattled Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

In an interview with French LCI TV, Juppé said Gadhafi could be allowed to stay in Libya if he gives up politics. CNN reports:

"One of the possibilities is that he (Gadhafi) remains in Libya," Alain Juppe told French news channel LCI. "But on the condition that he stays away from Libyan political life. This is what we are waiting for before we begin the political process for a cease-fire."

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More News On Libya's Civil War

France says Gaddafi could stay in Libya -- Reuters
France: Cease-fire deal could include Gadhafi remaining in Libya -- CNN
Gaddafi Could Stay in Libya-France's Juppe Says -- New York Times/Reuters
Gaddafi removal not being discussed - Tripoli -- BBC
Libyan officials sought guarantees Gaddafi would not be pursued for war crimes -- The Telegraph
U.S. Held Secret Meeting With Qaddafi Regime -- Bloomberg
Libya conflict: US officials met Gaddafi envoys -- BBC
U.S.-Libya talks were one-time event, Washington says -- CNN
Libyan rebels refuse to negotiate with Moammar Kadafi -- L.A. Times
Deadly Clashes in Libya, Talks in France, Russia -- Voice of America

FACTBOX-Latest developments in Libyan conflict -- Reuters
Libyan Forces, Rebels Continue Battle for Brega -- Voice of America
Libya forces, rebels locked in battle for Port Brega -- L.A. Times
NATO hits Gaddafi convoys near oil town - rebel -- Reuters]
Libya medic: 7 rebels dead in east -- CBS
Landmines Hamper Libyan Rebel Offensive -- Voice of America
U.S. recognition of new Libyan government raises tough legal questions -- Washington Post
Libyan government bemoans a prosperous future lost to civil war -- CNN

Sure, 'Gaddafi Must Go', But What Else Did U.S. Officials Tell the Libyan Leader's Envoys? -- Tony Karon, Time
Libya No-Fly-Zone Is Anything But -- Micah Zenko, The Atlantic
Obama's Step Forward on Libya -- Max Boot, Wall Street Journal
Libya: The Coming Break Up? -- Steven Cook, Council On Foreign Relations
Scant Planning for Post-Qaddafi Libya -- James Joyner, The Atlantic

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