Thursday, March 3, 2011

Libya: International Criminal Court established

Gaddafi heads the Libyan state television on Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague proceedings against Libya because of possible crimes against humanity. In a statement on Wednesday it was said chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had decided after preliminary analysis previously compiled information.

Libyan dictator Muammar al troops of the Gaddafi on Wednesday launched an offensive against the insurgents. This also air strikes were flown. In the center of the fighting was among other things, the city ostlibysche Al Brega, where there are plants of different oil companies and an oil port.


Gaddafi's troops intervened there to agency reports, oil facilities, the airport and several residential neighborhoods in. While the rebels announced that an attack on the opposite side had been successfully defeated and that they had regained control of the city, reported the state television, government troops controlled airports and seaports in Al Brega.

The news agency reported DAPD in the afternoon, near an oil terminal was Gaddafi's air force flew an attack. The region was at the time of the air strike, where battles. It remained unclear whether Al Brega was meant. In the east of Al Brega Adschdabija lying city, which is controlled by the rebels, it was after matching eyewitness reports also air attacks.

The attack was apparently an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the city. Last several ammunition depots were attacked in rebel territory from the air. have given, according to the broadcaster Al Jazeera there were air strikes on targets in Al Brega Adschdabija and at least four dead and ten wounded.

The opposition National Council in Benghazi ostlibyschen invited to the news agency Reuters, the United Nations support to allow air strikes on the regime hired mercenary troops that Gaddafi. The Council said they opposed a foreign intervention force on Libyan soil. In the morning, a spokesman had told the rebels, asking for a foreign military intervention to overthrow Gaddafi was being considered.

The Arab League said on Wednesday against the use of Western troops in Libya. The Libyan authorities on Wednesday once again stepped in to state television. While giving a ceremony in the capital Tripoli, Gaddafi warned, there would be "thousands of casualties," the West should intervene.

"We will fight to the last man and woman to the last," he said. At the event, the "rule of the masses" was thought having proclaimed the head of state 34 years ago. Gaddafi took the occasion to reaffirm once more that the people of Libya have in power. Gaddafi is not a president who could step back, because in Libya so not giving something, "said the dictator.

There is also a parliament could dissolve it. He also denied that it ever give demonstrations and called on the UN to clarify the circumstances under which it had recently been killed victims. Gaddafi's supporters shouted: "God, Muammar, Libya" The EU Commission has increased its financial assistance to the refugees on Wednesday from three to ten million euros.

They are positioned on the borders with Tunisia and Egypt, medical help, food and shelter available. To the Libyan border with Tunisia to have fled to the border and 77 000 in the country with Egypt 70,000. Most of the refugees come from Egypt, others from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Chad, Nigeria, Vietnam and Bangladesh.

Barroso called on EU countries to also help in managing the refugee flow. They had the necessary logistical equipment such as aircraft. The refugee agency, UNHCR, the United Nations called on the international community to provide hundreds of aircraft for the rescue of refugees from the Tunisian border.

The British government has already announced to set up an air bridge between Tunisia and Libya across the Egyptian capital Cairo. Prime Minister Cameron said on Wednesday in the House, the British wanted to put this, three planes available, which could commute from this Thursday to between Tunisia's Djerba and Cairo, in this way could save up to 6000 are flown to the border fixed Egyptians home .

Westerwelle announced that Germany would face because of the "looming refugee catastrophe" at the borders with Tunisia and Libya to Egypt one million euros available. € 500,000 each will go to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Westerwelle said on Wednesday in Berlin.

The money will help the medical and humanitarian supplies to be ensured. "These people must be helped," said Westerwelle, here in Europe is the requirement. Also informed the Minister that that about 41 German citizens in Tripoli and 15 were in other parts of the country. The majority of the remaining Germans in Libya have dual citizenship and accept the offers of the message to leave, not because they want to stay with their families.

Among the 41 Germans in the capital were also employees of the embassy. Their number had been reduced for security reasons. When or if Germany intended to include other states as before its embassy in Tripoli, would not say Westerwelle. Fire fighters remove a burning oil truck in Tripoli, who took a short time in the city for panic.

Barroso said the EU's efforts to prevent an increase in flight movements towards Europe, which could current operation of the border agency Frontex in Italy will be extended to other Member States if the exercise carried out as necessary. Currently, the operation consists of two Italian ships, according to an Italian and a Portuguese aircraft as well as 20 experts from different Member States for the survey of migrants.

For financial assistance to the affected EU countries also stand a fund in the amount available to 25 million €. NATO saw first of all dependent on Wednesday to set up a no-fly zone over Libya. At a meeting of NATO Council in Brussels had not been decided, diplomats reported. They pointed out that there was no equivalent at the time of the meeting request from the UN, a regional organization or the Libyan opposition.

In the military headquarters of the Alliance in the Belgian Mons, however, plans were for the case that still receives a corresponding request. "We keep everything open." According to reports, there were among the 28 allies is no single opinion. The United States and Britain would not currently be active, but were in principle prepared to act.

The British Foreign Secretary, Hague has not even have a mandate from the UN Security Council to be necessary, as he told the BBC. An application can also be justified on humanitarian grounds. Others, including France, were in the NATO Council was cautious, it said. French Foreign Minister Juppe had said on French television that a deployment of NATO would be "extremely counterproductive".

Paris was above all the political consequences in the region in mind, it said in Brussels, but takes no blockade. The German position on Wednesday seemed to be back in the flow. Westerwelle, the beginning of the week was a no-fly zone still referred to as "an option" said, now in Berlin for granted that the "feasibility" would consider such a step.

There were a military action that "very quickly serious consequences" could have. In addition, we must not seem to confirm the propaganda of the regime in Tripoli, the spread now, the protests were in fact a consequence of the imperialist policy of the West.

No comments:

Post a Comment