The international community is divided over the possibility of initiating a war against their own country Gadhafi in Libya. Member countries of the Security Council of the UN and NATO have shown their division when deciding to intervene with military force or expect the Security Council resolution from the UN.
The U.S. has sent warships off the Libyan coast to increase the pressure on the Libyan dictator in an act of show of force, but have decided to wait to send troops on Libyan soil. France, in the words of his new foreign minister Alain Juppe, not approve any military action without first producing a resolution of the Security Council of the UN.
And the United Kingdom, traditional U.S. ally. UU., Has sent groups of military special forces the United States said Libya could plunge into civil war unless Gadhafi quit amid fears that lifting the bloodiest of recent developments against senior leaders of the Middle East, can cause a humanitarian crisis, reports Reuters.
Gaddafi's son calls on West not to intervene Gaddafi remained defiant and his son, Saif al Islam, warned the West not to undertake any military action to overthrow his father and declared that the leader will not go into exile or resign. Italy said it would send a humanitarian mission to neighboring Tunisia to provide food and medical aid to about 10,000 people who fled violence in Libya through its eastern border.
Tunisian border guards fired into the air on Tuesday to try to control a crowd of people trying to cross the border. Some 70,000 people passed through the border crossing at Ras Jdir in the last two weeks and is expected to hundreds of thousands of foreign employees working in Libya to follow suit.
"Use of force against Libya is not acceptable, there is no reason, but if you want (...) we are ready, we have no fear," said Saif al Islam told Sky TV, adding: "We live here, we die here." Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, told lawmakers in his country: "Libya could become a peaceful democracy or could face a long civil war." The United States said Monday that ships and aircraft closer to the oil-producing North African nation.
The destroyer USS Barry moved through the Suez Canal on Monday to the Mediterranean. Two amphibious assault ships, the USS Kearsarge, which can carry 2,000 Marines, and the USS Ponce-are in the Red Sea and is expected to cross the channel early Wednesday. The White House said the ships were being redeployed to prepare for possible humanitarian efforts, but emphasized that it is "taking options on the table." The Foreign Minister of France, Alain Juppe, was more cautious, saying there will be no foreign military intervention in Libya without a clear mandate of United Nations (UN).
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said it was unacceptable that "Colonel Gaddafi is killing his own people using airplanes and helicopters." Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, told a Senate hearing that imposing a no-fly zone would not be a "challenging" would imply a kind of attack.
"You'd have to remove the air defense capabilities in order to establish a no-fly zone, so there are no illusions in this regard," determined. "It would be a military operation would not simply tell people not to fly aircraft," he said. Analysts said that Western leaders are not rushing to a conflict on its complex stakes in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"All my people love me," Gaddafi said on Monday at the U.S. network ABC and the BBC, dismissing the importance of a rebellion against his rule that ended with his control over much of eastern Libya, rich in oil. EE. UU. studying military options for its part, the Pentagon chief Robert Gates reiterated on Tuesday that the United States evaluated several military options in the case of Libya, but added that has not yet taken any decision.
Gates spoke at a joint press conference with chief of staff, Mike Mullen, in Washington. Both stressed that all options for humanitarian and evacuation measures are "very complex" and that because of their consequences must be evaluated carefully. Among other worries what effect would a possible deployment to the mission in Afghanistan if other allies and would work with us, "said Gates.
He mentioned that there is no unanimity within the transatlantic military alliance NATO on the use of military force. He said the U.S. must also consider the use of their troops in another country in the Middle East region. Mullen described as "extremely complex" option to create a no-fly zone over Libya.
One such measure should be implemented so that "we do not compromise," he added. So indirectly confirmed the assessment of U.S. General James Mattis, head of Central Command. Mattis said Tuesday at a legislative hearing that the proposal would be a "challenge." This would disable the Libyan Air Force.
"There should be no illusions, it would be a military operation. It is not easy to tell people not to allow any planes to fly." The position of France France is not satisfied the creation of no-fly zones by the conflict in Libya, but even considered counterproductive, said the new French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, the TF 1 television station.
Similarly intervention should be studied carefully the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said Juppe. The Prime Minister of France, François Fillon, has already been shown against an intervention, NATO could be involved in a civil war in the southern Mediterranean. At the same time the minister announced to the station that his first trip outside of Europe will be in Egypt. 
The U.S. has sent warships off the Libyan coast to increase the pressure on the Libyan dictator in an act of show of force, but have decided to wait to send troops on Libyan soil. France, in the words of his new foreign minister Alain Juppe, not approve any military action without first producing a resolution of the Security Council of the UN.
And the United Kingdom, traditional U.S. ally. UU., Has sent groups of military special forces the United States said Libya could plunge into civil war unless Gadhafi quit amid fears that lifting the bloodiest of recent developments against senior leaders of the Middle East, can cause a humanitarian crisis, reports Reuters.
Gaddafi's son calls on West not to intervene Gaddafi remained defiant and his son, Saif al Islam, warned the West not to undertake any military action to overthrow his father and declared that the leader will not go into exile or resign. Italy said it would send a humanitarian mission to neighboring Tunisia to provide food and medical aid to about 10,000 people who fled violence in Libya through its eastern border.
Tunisian border guards fired into the air on Tuesday to try to control a crowd of people trying to cross the border. Some 70,000 people passed through the border crossing at Ras Jdir in the last two weeks and is expected to hundreds of thousands of foreign employees working in Libya to follow suit.
"Use of force against Libya is not acceptable, there is no reason, but if you want (...) we are ready, we have no fear," said Saif al Islam told Sky TV, adding: "We live here, we die here." Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, told lawmakers in his country: "Libya could become a peaceful democracy or could face a long civil war." The United States said Monday that ships and aircraft closer to the oil-producing North African nation.
The destroyer USS Barry moved through the Suez Canal on Monday to the Mediterranean. Two amphibious assault ships, the USS Kearsarge, which can carry 2,000 Marines, and the USS Ponce-are in the Red Sea and is expected to cross the channel early Wednesday. The White House said the ships were being redeployed to prepare for possible humanitarian efforts, but emphasized that it is "taking options on the table." The Foreign Minister of France, Alain Juppe, was more cautious, saying there will be no foreign military intervention in Libya without a clear mandate of United Nations (UN).
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said it was unacceptable that "Colonel Gaddafi is killing his own people using airplanes and helicopters." Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, told a Senate hearing that imposing a no-fly zone would not be a "challenging" would imply a kind of attack.
"You'd have to remove the air defense capabilities in order to establish a no-fly zone, so there are no illusions in this regard," determined. "It would be a military operation would not simply tell people not to fly aircraft," he said. Analysts said that Western leaders are not rushing to a conflict on its complex stakes in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"All my people love me," Gaddafi said on Monday at the U.S. network ABC and the BBC, dismissing the importance of a rebellion against his rule that ended with his control over much of eastern Libya, rich in oil. EE. UU. studying military options for its part, the Pentagon chief Robert Gates reiterated on Tuesday that the United States evaluated several military options in the case of Libya, but added that has not yet taken any decision.
Gates spoke at a joint press conference with chief of staff, Mike Mullen, in Washington. Both stressed that all options for humanitarian and evacuation measures are "very complex" and that because of their consequences must be evaluated carefully. Among other worries what effect would a possible deployment to the mission in Afghanistan if other allies and would work with us, "said Gates.
He mentioned that there is no unanimity within the transatlantic military alliance NATO on the use of military force. He said the U.S. must also consider the use of their troops in another country in the Middle East region. Mullen described as "extremely complex" option to create a no-fly zone over Libya.
One such measure should be implemented so that "we do not compromise," he added. So indirectly confirmed the assessment of U.S. General James Mattis, head of Central Command. Mattis said Tuesday at a legislative hearing that the proposal would be a "challenge." This would disable the Libyan Air Force.
"There should be no illusions, it would be a military operation. It is not easy to tell people not to allow any planes to fly." The position of France France is not satisfied the creation of no-fly zones by the conflict in Libya, but even considered counterproductive, said the new French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, the TF 1 television station.
Similarly intervention should be studied carefully the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said Juppe. The Prime Minister of France, François Fillon, has already been shown against an intervention, NATO could be involved in a civil war in the southern Mediterranean. At the same time the minister announced to the station that his first trip outside of Europe will be in Egypt.
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