Jadi kapal terbang Qatar ikut melaksanakan no-fly zone yang diputuskan oleh
PBB..
Saya kutip:
"Another complication is how to consolidate Arab support. The United States
expects additional Arab support for the coalition enforcing the no-fly zone
over Libya, a senior administration official told reporters Tuesday.
So far, Qatar is the only Arab country that has contributed planes to mission.
The official said that several Arab states are in the process of finalizing
their plans, adding the Obama administration was "confident we will have
further concrete contributions of different kinds" for enforcement of the
resolution in the next two to three days."
U.S. aviators rescued; Gadhafi remains defiant
By the CNN Wire Staff
March 23, 2011 -- Updated 0404 GMT (1204 HKT)
Click to play
Gadhafi: 'We will be victorious'
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Obama says U.S. will be able to hand over control of mission in days
Gadhafi says he will emerge victorious
Four children killed in Misrata fighting, doctor says
A U.S. fighter jet crashed after a malfunction
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- As Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi crowed, "I do not
scare," the United States Tuesday got back two crew members whose F-15E fighter
jet malfunctioned and said it will be able to hand over command of the
coalition that has hammered loyalist military positions over four days.
Meanwhile, fighting raged in Misrata, east of the capital, where a witness
claimed Gadhafi has placed snipers on the tops of buildings.
Also Tuesday, the commander of U.S. Naval forces in Europe and Africa said
multinational air strikes would continue until Gadhafi complies with a United
Nations mandate to stop attacking civilians.
Americans "are going to be satisfied that lives were saved" by the U.S.
military action, President Barack Obama said during a visit to El Salvador. He
said the timetable for a transition of military leadership will be coming in
days, rather than weeks.
Gadhafi vowed Tuesday to emerge victorious in his battle with international
forces seeking to impose a no-fly zone in his country and to halt his forces
from attacking civilians.
Santorum: Mission confusion in Libya
Obama hopes Libyan rebels will organize
Inside bombed Libyan military base
Gadhafi sitting on billions in gold
"We will not give up," he said to a crowd of supporters, many of them waving
green flags in a speech broadcast on state television. "They will not terrorize
us. We are making fun of their rockets. The Libyans are laughing at these
rockets. We will defeat them by any method."
He said Libyans "are leading the international war against imperialism, against
despots and I tell you, I do not scare."
Gadhafi is violating the U.N. Security Council resolution by "continued
aggressive actions his forces have taken against the civilian population," U.S.
Navy Adm. Samuel Locklear III said.
Locklear also spoke about the U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle that had flown from
Aviano air base in Italy to Libya, where the fighter experienced mechanical
problems. Both the pilot and the weapons officer ejected and were rescued
within hours -- one retrieved by the U.S. military, the other by anti-Gadhafi
Libyans.
The aviators, who suffered minor injuries when they landed, were both out of
Libya and in U.S. hands, Locklear said.
The U.S. military dispatched a pair of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft from the
amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, about 100 miles off the coast of Libya,
to rescue the downed aviators, said Capt. Richard Ulsh, spokesman for the 26th
Marine Expeditionary Unit.
But the two men landed in different places when they parachuted, and the U.S.
rescue crew was able to pick up only the pilot. He was flown to the Kearsarge,
which has extensive medical facilities.
Libyan rebels recovered the second crew member and treated him with "respect
and dignity" until coalition forces were able to reach him, Locklear said.
Residents in the area, some of whom witnessed the crash, told CNN they combed
farmlands to search for the two Americans. They also expressed their gratitude
to coalition members for the United Nations-authorized coalition attack on
Libyan air defense targets meant to protect civilians.
Locklear said he would investigate reports villagers were injured when allied
forces opened fire during rescue operations.
"The recovery mission from my perspective was executed as I would have expected
it to be given the circumstances," he said.
Criticism and questions persist about the Libyan campaign, with no clear answer
on who will take over command of the military operation and what the endgame or
exit strategy will be. But U.S. officials said the international mission has
succeeded in halting Gadhafi's momentum.
Loud explosions rock Libya
Servicemen rescued in Libya after crash
Witness: Misrata is 'city of fear'
Rebels help rescue U.S. serviceman
RELATED TOPICS
Libya
United Nations Security Council
Middle East Conflict
Locklear told reporters that initial military strikes by the French, followed
by attacks by Britain and the United States, have rendered Gadhafi's long-range
air defenses and his air force largely ineffective. And the Libyan opposition's
newly formed administration urged the international community to continue
enforcing the U.N. charter.
"The interim national council has called on the international community to take
all forceful deterrent measures, based on the U.N. charter and international
covenants, to help the Libyan people put an end to further crimes against the
humanity," the statement from the Transitional National Council said.
Missiles rained down Tuesday and anti-aircraft fire pierced the night sky in
Tripoli hours before dawn.
The Libyan government took international journalists to a port area that
appeared to have been damaged by missile strikes that left craters 15 feet
deep. A destroyed mobile rocket launcher system lay smoldering. Several
warehouses were hit.
The United States fired 20 Tomahawk cruise missiles into Libya during a 12-hour
period, said military spokeswoman Cmdr. Monica Rousselow. A total of 162
Tomahawks have been fired by the United States and Britain since the start
Saturday of Operation Odyssey Dawn, which includes enforcement of a no-fly
zone. The operation has included 212 U.S. and 124 sorties.
The international operation has targeted air defense sites and command centers,
but Gadhafi himself has not been targeted, and there are no plans to kill the
leader, said Gen. Carter Ham, the head of U.S. forces in Africa.
"I could see accomplishing the military mission, which has been assigned to me,
and the current leader would remain the current leader," he said. "We think we
have been very effective in degrading his ability to control his regime forces."
Ham said no Libyan aircraft have been observed flying since the military
operations began Saturday. And air attacks have stopped Libyan ground forces
from approaching the eastern rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
But fighting raged in Misrata, a city under siege two hours east of Tripoli.
Four children in the same family were among 13 civilians killed in Misrata
fighting Tuesday, said Dr. Khaled Mansouri of Misrata Central Hospital. About
30 people were injured, he told CNN.
The death toll from the clashes between Gadhafi forces and rebels in the city
stands at 90 over the last five days.
An opposition spokesman who would give only his first name, Mohamed, told CNN
the situation in the city is dire and worsening by the hour as Gadhafi forces
have taken control of the main street that leads from the city center to a
highway that connects Misrata to Tripoli.
Loyalist snipers are on the top of buildings, he said.
The hospital is running out of medical supplies and are turning patients away,
he said. "I have seen a man whose broken arm is hanging being discharged
because of lack of space," said Mohamed, who said he would not divulge his full
name because of concern for his safety. He said the city has been without water
and electricity for nine days.
Violence has raged in Libya following protests calling for democracy and
demanding an end to Gadhafi's almost 42-year rule. Protesters have been met by
force from the Gadhafi regime, and numerous world leaders -- including U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon -- have denounced the killings of civilians by
Gadhafi's troops.
The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Thursday that allows member
states "to take all necessary measures to protect civilians under threat of
attack in the country ... while excluding a foreign occupation force of any
form on any part of Libyan territory." It also imposed a no-fly zone.
Barak Barfi, a research fellow with the New America Foundation, said "it's
certainly clear" that the allied coalition has stymied the onslaught of Gadhafi
troops against rebels in eastern Libya.
"Before the decision in the U.N. was taken Thursday, it seemed like Gadhafi was
going to overrun the opposition in a matter of days," he said.
But "it's unclear if the rebels can form under any type of organized command
and move forward now that the airstrikes have taken away Gadhafi's offensive
capabilities," Barfi said Tuesday. "It's unclear at this point in time who
would take control after Gadhafi leaves. We know that there are really no state
institutions in Libya."
A former Gadhafi aide told CNN Tuesday that the Libyan strongman would not go
down easily.
Abubaker Saad said Gadhafi has several bunkers deep underground and is likely
hiding in one of them.
"As you probably all have noticed that now he is giving all of his statements
by phone to the Libyan television," Saad said.
Obama said that once leadership of the military mission in Libya shifts from
the United States to the coalition, "it is not going to be our planes
maintaining the no-fly zone" and "it is not going to be our ships that are
necessarily enforcing the arms embargo."
There has been intense debate among the allies over NATO's role going forward.
The natural choice to coordinate "Operation Odyssey Dawn" would seem to be NATO
with its experience leading and coordinating international coalitions, but U.S.
and European officials tell CNN that some allies, especially French President
Nicolas Sarkozy, are concerned the action in Libya could be perceived
negatively as another NATO operation in another Arab country.
Another complication is how to consolidate Arab support. The United States
expects additional Arab support for the coalition enforcing the no-fly zone
over Libya, a senior administration official told reporters Tuesday.
So far, Qatar is the only Arab country that has contributed planes to mission.
The official said that several Arab states are in the process of finalizing
their plans, adding the Obama administration was "confident we will have
further concrete contributions of different kinds" for enforcement of the
resolution in the next two to three days.
CNN's Nic Robertson, Arwa Damon, Amir Ahmed, Jilly Doughtery, Elisa Labott,
Diana Magnay and Chris Lawrence contributed to this report
------------------------------------
Post message: [email protected]
Subscribe : [email protected]
Unsubscribe : [email protected]
List owner : [email protected]
Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/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/
