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| NATO Tells Deposed Libyan Leader, Loyalists to Stop Fighting | |
| 2011-09-09 | |
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... secretary general Fogh Rasmussen has advised Libya's ousted leader Muammar Al Qadaffy ...Megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... and his loyalists to stop trying to cling to power by force and to stop the fighting. Speaking to journalists during a visit to Portugal's capital, Lisbon, NATO's top official said that "Al Qadaffy and the remains of his regime must realise there's nothing to be gained by more fighting". He went on to say that Libya is turning a new page, and that the military alliance would not stand down while a threat to Libyan civilians remained. Describing NATO's mission in Libya as "a great success," Rasmussen said the alliance had no confirmed information about possible civilian casualties. He also that the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... would take the lead in helping Libya's peaceful transition to democracy. Meanwhile, ...back at the bake sale, Umberto's Mom's cannoli were a big hit... with the UN mandate for the NATO campaign in Libya lapsing in a few days, on September 26, the Americans are hopeful of closure, but are also adamant that if need be, the attacks will continue until Libya is completely free and safe. Referring to the September 26 deadline, Ivo Daalder, the US ambassador at NATO headquarters in Brussels said: "We're clearly near the end of the operation," but added: "We will maintain the operation as long as the regime or its elements continue to pose a threat to civilians." He added, that the issue was not especially whether Al Qadaffy had been captured, killed, or removed from Libya, but whether loyalist forces were still a menace to Libyan civilians. "It isn't clear that if he were to be taken out that the whole thing would necessarily collapse; we just don't know that. We do know that if he doesn't have the capability to pose a threat to civilians, then it doesn't really matter, Daalder said." In another development, as part of measures to tighten security, the National Transitional Council's newly formed National Army has been appointed to protect Libya's oil installations, and is currently searching the oil complexes for weapons, ammunition or mines that may have been left behind. Only then would the workers return. The highly sensitive location of Ras Lanuf oil complex is patrolled by some 150 soldiers, part of a brigade from the army in charge of securing Libya's oil installations. In charge of these men as chief of security is Colonel Abdul Aziz who says that some equipment and means of communications are still missing. Aziz says that for the momemnt they are securing the entries, the exits and the ports. Of Libya's largest oil complex that is made up of an oil refinery, several chemical plants and a power plant. Before the conflict, the complex used to produce an estimatd 220 barrels per day of crude oil. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Please line up for extermination in a peaceful and orderly manner". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-09-09 04:57 |