The lack of consensus among world powers when a joint response to the conflict in Libya is establishing the advancing forces of dictator Muammar Gaddafi to victory in the battle against the revolution. Several planes of the scheme on Monday bombed rebel positions in a counter move that has contributed to the insurgents 160 miles in the last seven days.
Neither the UN nor the most influential external level reach agreement on coordinated action. "You have to answer fundamental questions, not only do we have to do, but how is that done," said Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, after the 15-member Security Council UN not reach an agreement.
"If there is a no-fly zone, who will implement it ... without these details or answers to these questions, it is very difficult to make a responsible decision," said Churkin. Neither the G-8, the Group of Eight world's most powerful economies, has come to a common point on a no-fly zone, as declared by the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini after a meeting on Monday the foreign ministers of those countries.
Meanwhile, artillery and tanks of the Libyan Government is progressing and have retaken the small town of Zuwarah, 120 kilometers west of Tripoli, after intense bombing, as confirmed by the resident Tarek Abdallah by telephone. Government forces on Sunday recovered the city of Brega, where a major oil terminal and on Monday flew beyond the rebel lines to bomb Ajdabiyah, the only town of considerable size between the rebel stronghold Brega and Benghazi.
Ajdabiyah has road towards Benghazi and Tobruk, which could allow Gaddafi troops surrounding the country's second city and its 300,000 inhabitants. Bouchuiguir Soliman, president of the Libyan League for Human Rights in Geneva said that if the dictator's forces, heavily armed, moving up to attack Benghazi, "there will be a real blood bath, a slaughter as we saw in Rwanda." If the Security Council ends up supporting a no-fly zone, its use is primarily a U.S.
responsibility, which has shown restraint when the option of military intervention and has not yet decided whether to support the measure. "That is a decision, a political decision ultimately has not yet taken," said Pentagon press secretary, Geoff Morrell, the channel MSNBC. But he added that they are still considering the issue.
Russia and China are even less enthusiastic, but several diplomats said they would have difficulties to impose a veto when the Arab League has requested the restriction zone. Some envoys said that Moscow and Beijing would abstain in this regard. President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday banned Gaddafi and his family travel to Russia and make financial transactions in the country.
In addition, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, told reporters that Russia would consider any motion from the Security Council. 
Neither the UN nor the most influential external level reach agreement on coordinated action. "You have to answer fundamental questions, not only do we have to do, but how is that done," said Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, after the 15-member Security Council UN not reach an agreement.
"If there is a no-fly zone, who will implement it ... without these details or answers to these questions, it is very difficult to make a responsible decision," said Churkin. Neither the G-8, the Group of Eight world's most powerful economies, has come to a common point on a no-fly zone, as declared by the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini after a meeting on Monday the foreign ministers of those countries.
Meanwhile, artillery and tanks of the Libyan Government is progressing and have retaken the small town of Zuwarah, 120 kilometers west of Tripoli, after intense bombing, as confirmed by the resident Tarek Abdallah by telephone. Government forces on Sunday recovered the city of Brega, where a major oil terminal and on Monday flew beyond the rebel lines to bomb Ajdabiyah, the only town of considerable size between the rebel stronghold Brega and Benghazi.
Ajdabiyah has road towards Benghazi and Tobruk, which could allow Gaddafi troops surrounding the country's second city and its 300,000 inhabitants. Bouchuiguir Soliman, president of the Libyan League for Human Rights in Geneva said that if the dictator's forces, heavily armed, moving up to attack Benghazi, "there will be a real blood bath, a slaughter as we saw in Rwanda." If the Security Council ends up supporting a no-fly zone, its use is primarily a U.S.
responsibility, which has shown restraint when the option of military intervention and has not yet decided whether to support the measure. "That is a decision, a political decision ultimately has not yet taken," said Pentagon press secretary, Geoff Morrell, the channel MSNBC. But he added that they are still considering the issue.
Russia and China are even less enthusiastic, but several diplomats said they would have difficulties to impose a veto when the Arab League has requested the restriction zone. Some envoys said that Moscow and Beijing would abstain in this regard. President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday banned Gaddafi and his family travel to Russia and make financial transactions in the country.
In addition, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, told reporters that Russia would consider any motion from the Security Council.
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