People Power
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Free the people, Free yourself
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible,
make violence inevitable." - John F. Kennedy
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- Gaddafi must 'leave now': US President Barack Obama
February 27, 2011
PRESIDENT Barack Obama says that Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi needs to "leave now," having lost the legitimacy to rule, a White House statement says.
Obama took the position - his most direct yet - in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the statement said.
"The President stated that when a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now," it said.
Obama took the position - his most direct yet - in a telephone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the statement said.
"The President stated that when a leader's only means of staying in power is to use mass violence against his own people, he has lost the legitimacy to rule and needs to do what is right for his country by leaving now," it said.
- Gaddafi in spotlight at UN Security Council
The UN Security Council is meeting to consider action against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's government in Libya over its attempts to put down an uprising.
A draft resolution calls for an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze.
It also proposes referring Col Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, one of Col Gaddafi's sons, Saif al-Islam, has insisted that normal life continues in three-quarters of Libya.
Anti-Gaddafi forces say they control 80% of the country, including the second city Benghazi, but the Libyan leader still controls the capital Tripoli, home to two million of the country's 6.5 million population.
The UN estimates more than 1,000 people have died in the 10-day-old revolt.
The global body's World Food Programme has warned that the food distribution system is "at risk of collapsing" in the North African nation, which is heavily dependent on imports.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded "decisive action" over the Libya crisis by the Security Council. The draft resolution it is considering is backed by Britain, France, Germany and the US.
The Libyan delegation at the UN has sent a letter to the Security Council backing measures to hold to account those responsible for armed attacks on Libyan civilians, including action through the International Criminal Court.
The BBC's UN correspondent Barbara Plett says the main point of contention in the draft resolution is the proposal to refer Libya to the court, so the Libyan delegation statement will put pressure on those in the council who oppose the reference or want to water it down.
The US has already imposed sanctions against Libya, and closed its embassy in Tripoli.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday freezing assets held in the US by Col Gaddafi, members of his family and senior officials. The president said he was also seizing Libyan state property in the US, to prevent it being misappropriated by Tripoli.
Thousands of foreign nationals - many of them employed in the oil industry - continue to be evacuated from the country by air, sea and land.
Saturday saw two British military transport aircraft pick up about 150 foreign nationals in the desert south of the second city, Benghazi, and fly them to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Britain also announced it had temporarily closed its embassy in Tripoli and pulled out its staff on the last UK government-chartered aircraft because of the deteriorating security situation.
Airport chaos
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, at Tripoli airport, reports that about 10,000 people remain outside the terminal building and several thousand more are inside. He saw piles of discarded luggage and personal possessions, even TVs, abandoned by people who've been desperate to get out.
Most of the people trying to leave are Egyptians, and many of them told our correspondent they had been waiting there for seven days.
Friday saw Col Gaddafi make a defiant address to supporters in Tripoli, while on Saturday the al-Arabiya TV network broadcast an interview with his son, Saif al-Islam.
"What the Libyan nation is going through has opened the door to all options, and now the signs of civil war and foreign interference have started," said Saif Gaddafi.
"An agreement has to be reached because the people have no future unless they agree together on a new programme."
Friday saw reports of anti-government demonstrators in several areas of Tripoli coming under fire from government troops and pro-Gaddafi militiamen, but on Saturday the capital city was calm, with shops open and people on the streets.
A Libyan journalist told the BBC that supporters of Colonel Gaddafi were occupying central Green Square in a public show of support.
Outside the capital, anti-Gaddafi protesters are consolidating their power in Benghazi. Leaders of the uprising are setting up committees to run the city and deliver basic services.
It is believed that rebels are fighting units of the regular army in the western cities of Misrata and Zawiya.
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AUSTRALIA has imposed its first sanctions on Libya, placing a travel ban and an arms embargo on Muammar Gaddafi and his close circle of cronies.
It means Gaddafi, members of his family and the regime's senior military and security personnel are prohibited from entering or transiting in Australia.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, currently in Cairo, said Gaddafi and his entourage are also banned from engaging in financial transactions with Australians.
It comes after the bloody authoritarian response to the civil uprising in Libya and no sign that Gaddafi is willing to relinquish his decades-long dictatorship.
"The Libyan regime's use of violence against its people is deeply disturbing and completely unacceptable" Mr Rudd said in a statement today.
"The time has come for Australia to reflect its grave concern by enacting these practical measures."
Mr Rudd also urged the UN Security Council to begin sanctions against the Libyan regime and to refer violence in the country to the International Criminal Court.
The US has also imposed sanctions on Libya.
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| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded "decisive action" from the Security Council |
It also proposes referring Col Gaddafi to the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity.
Meanwhile, one of Col Gaddafi's sons, Saif al-Islam, has insisted that normal life continues in three-quarters of Libya.
Anti-Gaddafi forces say they control 80% of the country, including the second city Benghazi, but the Libyan leader still controls the capital Tripoli, home to two million of the country's 6.5 million population.
The UN estimates more than 1,000 people have died in the 10-day-old revolt.
The global body's World Food Programme has warned that the food distribution system is "at risk of collapsing" in the North African nation, which is heavily dependent on imports.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded "decisive action" over the Libya crisis by the Security Council. The draft resolution it is considering is backed by Britain, France, Germany and the US.
The Libyan delegation at the UN has sent a letter to the Security Council backing measures to hold to account those responsible for armed attacks on Libyan civilians, including action through the International Criminal Court.
The BBC's UN correspondent Barbara Plett says the main point of contention in the draft resolution is the proposal to refer Libya to the court, so the Libyan delegation statement will put pressure on those in the council who oppose the reference or want to water it down.
The US has already imposed sanctions against Libya, and closed its embassy in Tripoli.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday freezing assets held in the US by Col Gaddafi, members of his family and senior officials. The president said he was also seizing Libyan state property in the US, to prevent it being misappropriated by Tripoli.
Thousands of foreign nationals - many of them employed in the oil industry - continue to be evacuated from the country by air, sea and land.
Saturday saw two British military transport aircraft pick up about 150 foreign nationals in the desert south of the second city, Benghazi, and fly them to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
Britain also announced it had temporarily closed its embassy in Tripoli and pulled out its staff on the last UK government-chartered aircraft because of the deteriorating security situation.
Airport chaos
BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, at Tripoli airport, reports that about 10,000 people remain outside the terminal building and several thousand more are inside. He saw piles of discarded luggage and personal possessions, even TVs, abandoned by people who've been desperate to get out.
Most of the people trying to leave are Egyptians, and many of them told our correspondent they had been waiting there for seven days.Friday saw Col Gaddafi make a defiant address to supporters in Tripoli, while on Saturday the al-Arabiya TV network broadcast an interview with his son, Saif al-Islam.
"What the Libyan nation is going through has opened the door to all options, and now the signs of civil war and foreign interference have started," said Saif Gaddafi.
"An agreement has to be reached because the people have no future unless they agree together on a new programme."
Friday saw reports of anti-government demonstrators in several areas of Tripoli coming under fire from government troops and pro-Gaddafi militiamen, but on Saturday the capital city was calm, with shops open and people on the streets.
A Libyan journalist told the BBC that supporters of Colonel Gaddafi were occupying central Green Square in a public show of support.
Outside the capital, anti-Gaddafi protesters are consolidating their power in Benghazi. Leaders of the uprising are setting up committees to run the city and deliver basic services.
It is believed that rebels are fighting units of the regular army in the western cities of Misrata and Zawiya.
- Australia imposes sanctions on Libya
AUSTRALIA has imposed its first sanctions on Libya, placing a travel ban and an arms embargo on Muammar Gaddafi and his close circle of cronies.
It means Gaddafi, members of his family and the regime's senior military and security personnel are prohibited from entering or transiting in Australia.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, currently in Cairo, said Gaddafi and his entourage are also banned from engaging in financial transactions with Australians.
It comes after the bloody authoritarian response to the civil uprising in Libya and no sign that Gaddafi is willing to relinquish his decades-long dictatorship.
"The Libyan regime's use of violence against its people is deeply disturbing and completely unacceptable" Mr Rudd said in a statement today.
"The time has come for Australia to reflect its grave concern by enacting these practical measures."
Mr Rudd also urged the UN Security Council to begin sanctions against the Libyan regime and to refer violence in the country to the International Criminal Court.
The US has also imposed sanctions on Libya.
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