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You know obama has to be tickled that he didn't have to make the decision on the no-fly zone. He seems to have a hard time with decisions, except when it involves radically rearranging the lives of Americans.
It's good to see the arabs of the region taking a little responsibility for their own portion of the globe. The instability in Libya will only cause refugees to pour into the neighboring countries in larger numbers unless something is done to stem the violence.
obama once again proves his foreign policy skills are about as useless as the rest of his skills...
Associated Press
RAS LANOUF, Libya -- The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Muammar al-Qaddafi was swiftly advancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loosely organized rebels who have seized much of the country.
Qaddafi's forces pushed the frontline miles deeper into rebel territory and violence erupted at the front door of the opposition stronghold in eastern Libya, where an Al-Jazeera cameraman slain in an ambush became the first journalist killed in the nearly month-long conflict.
In Cairo, the Arab League asked the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone to protect the rebels, increasing pressure on the U.S. and other Western powers to take action that most have expressed deep reservations about.
In surprisingly swift action and aggressive language, the 22-member Arab bloc said after an emergency meeting that the Libyan government had "lost its sovereignty." It asked the United Nations to "shoulder its responsibility ... to impose a no-fly zone over the movement of Libyan military planes and to create safe zones in the places vulnerable to airstrikes."
Western diplomats have said Arab and African approval was necessary before the Security Council voted on imposing a no-fly zone, which would be imposed by NATO nations to protect civilians from air attack by Qaddafi's forces.
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