Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa... who has been head of the Arab League since about the time Jerry and Dean split up ...
said on Monday that he respected a UN resolution that authorized military action on Libya, after earlier comments suggested he was concerned by actions taken by Western powers.
In Moscow, Russia's prime minister strongly criticized the UN resolution allowing international use of force in Libya, saying it reminds him of the Crusades.
The leader of Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch also warned Libyan rebels not to trust America and the US role in the international coalition bombing Muammar Qadaffy's forces.
Amid the criticisms, a front man of the Libyan rebel movement on Monday said the rebels welcome more air strikes by foreign forces against Qadaffy's army, but clarified that they do not want foreign ground troops to intervene in the war.
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon's meeting with the vaporous Arab League comes a day after Moussa said that Arabs did not want military strikes by Western powers that hit civilians when the League called for a no-fly zone over Libya.In a joint presser with Ban at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo after their meeting on Monday, Moussa said: "The Arab League position on Libya was decisive and from first moment we froze membership of Libya ... Then we asked the United Nations
... aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
to implement a no-fly zone and we respect the UN resolution and there is no conflict with it."
"It is for protecting civilians and that is what we care about. We will continue to work on the protection of civilians. We urge everybody to take this into consideration in any military action," he said.
When the UN chief left after the meeting at the Arab League, a group of protesters angry about international intervention in Libya converged on him and his security detail.
The protesters, carrying pictures of Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy
... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ...
and banners critical of the United States and UN, blocked his path as he tried to walk away from the building. Ban returned inside and apparently drove out of the league from another exit.
On Sunday, Arab League chief Amr Moussa questioned Arab participation in the coalition after saying the international attacks went beyond the mandate to impose a no-fly zone.