Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Troop movements in the Mediterranean: Americans tighten the pressure on Gaddafi

The Pentagon transferred three warships in the vicinity of the Libyan Mediterranean coast. Thus the leadership in Washington wants to the needs of aggravated humanitarian crisis response and may be able to enforce a ban. As American media report, citing information from the Ministry of Defence, the guided missile destroyer USS Stout "and the helicopter carrier USS Kearsarge from the Red Sea moved further into the Mediterranean.


The "Kearsarge" has also made a hospital as well as units and equipment for a landing on the coast by sea. Also in the Red Sea is the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which can be moved across the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean in a few days. Fighter-bombers and other warplanes could also help control the American air base at Sigonella Sicily the air space over Libya and impose a possible ban.

Hillary Clinton last held firmly, despite growing skepticism of the European partners on the possibility of imposing such. German Foreign Minister Westerwelle reiterated on Tuesday that a no-fly zone over Libya was still an option. However, it is true, the propaganda of the regime in Tripoli, the protests in the desert state are controlled by the West to acknowledge apparently not such a step.

In addition, the remaining aliens would first be taken out of the country. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said, however, establish a no-fly zone was "unnecessary" The U.S. government, meanwhile, increased diplomatic pressure on the Qaddafi regime. On the edge of a visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with President Barack Obama in the White House said the American UN Ambassador Susan Rice, Gaddafi sacrifice from his own people.

In addition, the claim show Gaddafi against Western media, there is no violence in Libya, the Libyan dictator "delusional" and that it has lost its connection to reality. "He is not in a position to lead the country," said Ms Rice. President spokesman Jay Carney reiterated Washington keep your options open: "We leave all options on the table," said Carney.

Therefore warships in the region had been repositioned. The UN refugee agency UNHCR warned, given the influx of refugees from Libya before a disaster. According to the UN on Tuesday for more than 140,000 people in the neighboring countries of Tunisia and Egypt have fled. They are overwhelmed by UNHCR figures, more and more.

According to the Libyan-Tunisian border to get a thousand people per hour. Most of them were Egyptians working in Libya, Tunisia and Libya, and also people from other countries. Thousands were waiting to transport Libyan side, waited at night under the open sky in the bitter cold. Daily fled up to 15,000 men, women and children from the fighting between troops of the Libyan regime and opposition forces, said a UNHCR spokeswoman.

In the EU, meanwhile, tried to President Van Rompuy and foreign policy chief Ashton on Tuesday, for 11 March to organize a special summit with Libya.

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