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| Libya foreign min suggests elections if bombs stop |
| 2011-04-21 |
| [Arab News] Libya's government could hold elections, including on the future of leader Muammar Qadaffy ... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ... , if Western air strikes stopped, the BBC quoted Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al Obeidi as saying. "If the bombing stopped, al Obeidi said, after six months there could be an election supervised by the UN," BBC radio reported on Wednesday. "The foreign minister said the election could cover any issue raised by all Libyans, anything could go on the table, including, he implied, the future of Qadaffy as leader." BBC television later broadcast one of the minister's comments made during the interview: "It will cover whatever issue is raised by all Libyans." Al Obeidi said the Libyan government was "serious about a properly verifiable cease-fire supervised by foreign observers," the BBC said. He also criticized Perfidious Albion's decision to send military officers to advise Libyan rebels. London said on Tuesday it would send about a dozen officers to help Death Eaters improve their organization and communications, but would not arm the rebels or train them to fight. "He (al Obeidi) said that would only prolong the fighting," the BBC said. A NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... -led coalition is enforcing a UN-mandated no-fly zone in Libya, which authorizes "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attack by Qadaffy's forces. It is also policing an arms embargo and has targeted Qadaffy's military infrastructure. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "...and you can trust us, because we never lie!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-04-21 12:16 |