Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa tells reporters that Libya will impose an immediate ceasefire and will abide by the U.N. Security Council resolution. He says Libya is stopping all military operations against rebel forces. – USA Today
Archive for Category: "Middle East"
March 18, 2011 06:40
The Rising Irrelevance of Obama
Among the few things that may be said with certainty about the Arab revolution of 2011 is that it has revealed the rising irrelevance of President Obama in that part of the world.
March 18, 2011 06:26
Obama’s new war hours away?
Will the left be chanting “Obama is the terrorist” like they did for Bush? US military readies forces for attacks on Libya. UK and France to start within hours.
March 9, 2011 07:45
Libyan rebels using pickup trucks as “tanks”
The violence in Libya has reached a grim milestone – more than a thousand are thought to have died in the fighting between rebels and government forces. While opposition leaders are calling for the UN to recognize its control, both sides are urging foreign countries to stay out of the conflict.
March 7, 2011 07:44
$105 billion in spending hidden in Obamacare bill – Bachmann
Obamacare is a ” crime against democracy, it has been a deception from the beginning” Michele Bachmann told Meet the Press and she wants it given back.
March 7, 2011 05:42
Libya casualties spark UN moves
The UN appoints a new envoy on Libya and is to send a humanitarian team as the battle between forces loyal to Col Gaddafi and rebels intensifies.
March 1, 2011 05:56
Gaddafi is ‘delusional’, says US
A senior US diplomat says Col Muammar Gaddafi is “unfit to lead” after the embattled Libyan leader’s interview with Western journalists.
February 25, 2011 06:21
Libyan crackdown ‘escalates’ – UN
Reports from Libya indicate thousands may have been killed or injured as the government crackdown escalates “alarmingly”, UN human rights head Navi Pillay has said.
February 24, 2011 06:37
Gadhafi Ordered Pan-Am Lockerbie Bombing
Libya’s ex-justice minister was quoted as telling a Swedish newspaper that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people in 1988. (Feb. 23)
February 24, 2011 06:19
Gaddafi digs in as protests mount
The area controlled by Libya’s embattled leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is shrinking, reports say, as the opposition gains momentum.
