Wah kalau Nato yang melakukan no-fly zone, walaupu dengan dukungan PBB bakal
runyam..
No-fly zone mestinya diputuskan dan dilaksanakan oleh PBB dan atas nama PBB.
Membiarkan Nato yang adalah kekutn militer "Barat" hanya akan memperkuat
fundementalis Islam, artinya memperlambat proses demokratisasi di dunia Arab..
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Nato weighs Libya no-fly zone options
Britain and France draft UN security council resolution for no-fly zone as
alliance begins 24-hour aerial surveillance over Libya
Libyan rebel fighters run for cover after an air force jet drops a bomb on
outskirts of Ras Lanuf Libyan rebel fighters have been calling for a no-fly
zone to stop Muammar Gaddafi's forces launching air strikes, such as this one
today on the outskirts of Ras Lanuf. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
Nato has begun 24-hour aerial surveillance over Libya as the alliance's
military planners met in Brussels to discuss options for establishing a no-fly
zone.
The plans will be presented to defence ministers from the alliance's 28 member
states, who are due to meet in Brussels on Thursday, but western officials are
insistent that Nato will not act without the backing of the UN security council.
The diplomatic discussions come amid reports that Libyan warplanes have
launched at least four new air strikes near opposition positions in the oil
port of Ras Lanouf in the east of the country. There has been no word on
casualties.
"An air strike hit a house in a residential area of Ras Lanouf. There is a big
hole in the ground floor of the two-storey home," one witness told Reuters. "A
massive plume of smoke and dust flew up in the area from the strike. Men rushed
to the area shouting 'Allahu Akbar' [God is great]."
Britain and France have drafted a resolution that would provide a mandate for a
no-fly zone, but it is very unlikely to pass in present circumstances, as
Russia and China have signalled their opposition to outside military
intervention.
The US ambassador to Nato, Ivo Daalder, played down the need for a no-fly zone.
He told journalists: "When you really look at what's going on, we have actually
seen a decrease in both fighter and overall air activity over the weekend. It
peaked late last week and it's starting to come down. And indeed, to date, the
overall air activity has not been the deciding factor in the ongoing unrest;
just as you stated, other things are determining what's happening on the
ground."
Nato has approved the extension of patrols by Nato Awacs surveillance planes
from 10 hours to 24 hours a day, which will provide detailed information not
only of air movements but also road movements by pro-Gaddafi forces, giving
western capitals the option of sharing intelligence with the rebels.
Nato military planners are due shortly to complete a menu of options to present
to the alliance's defence ministers.
Daalder said: "I think by towards the end of the week we will be in a position
to know what it would take to do a no-fly zone, we would have a pretty good
idea what kind of options are available. And we really want to get that data
and that information on the table so that everybody knows what is involved, and
frankly, who will be doing what and where and how. And that is right now our
focus. Our focus is getting our ducks in a row, making sure that we have the
information so that we can make the right kinds of decisions if and when it is
decided that we should move in this direction."
The envoy cautioned that a Nato no-fly zone could be effective against
warplanes but would have limited impact on helicopters or a ground offensive by
pro-Gaddafi forces, "which is why a no-fly zone, even if it were to be
established, isn't really going to impact what is happening there today".
Daalder added: "That doesn't mean we shouldn't look at it and we are and we
will but it is not going to be the solution to every problem."
The alliance's planners are also looking at how Nato planes and ships could be
used for humanitarian missions such as transporting supplies or refugees.
Before becoming ambassador to Nato in 2009, Daalder wrote a book about the case
for humanitarian intervention by a coalition of democratic countries even
without UN approval. Another of Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers,
Samantha Power, is also a strong supporter of the use of force to prevent the
sort of mass atrocities committed in Bosnia and Rwanda in the 1990s.
However, the Obama administration is split over the issue. Other leading
figures, including Robert Gates, the defence secretary, are strongly opposed to
US military involvement in another Arab country. The president himself is said
to be more concerned that the homegrown nature of the Arab revolt would be
permanently compromised by armed western intervention.
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