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February 26, 2011 US Imposes Sanctions, Closes Embassy in Libya 26 February 2011 VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that imposes unilateral sanctions on Libya, saying continued violence and unrest there poses an "unusual and extraordinary threat'' to America's national security and foreign policy. The sanctions freeze all assets held by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his three sons, a daughter and members of his administration. The president said the sanctions are designed to target the Gadhafi government, while protecting the assets of the Libyan people. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the U.S. welcomes Friday's action by the U.N Human Rights Council condemning human rights violations and violence committed by the Libyan government against its own people. The White House says the United States has shuttered its embassy in Libya and is moving forward with sanctions to pressure the government to stop its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Friday that the U.S. has suspended all embassy operations in Tripoli and will temporarily withdraw all embassy employees. Clinton is due to travel to Geneva Monday to meet with the Human Rights Council to discuss further measures regarding Libya. Clinton also expressed her support for the U.N. decision. President Obama is expected to meet Monday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Washington to talk about what legal and diplomatic action can be taken to stop the violence in Libya [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
