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Arab League Splits From West Over Libya Bombing
Niall Paterson, defence correspondent, and Pete Norman
The Arab League has criticised the military strikes on Libya, a week after urging the United Nations to slap a no-fly zone on the oil-rich North African state.The Arab League chief said that Arabs did not want military strikes by Western powers that hit civilians when the League called for a no-fly zone over Libya.
Secretary-General Amr Moussa said he was calling for an emergency Arab League meeting to discuss the situation in the Arab world and particularly Libya.
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," Mr Moussa told Egypt's official state news agency.
The volte-face by the influential regional body raises uncertainty about the unity of Western and Muslim leaders to the UN-backed military campaign.
Only Qatar has openly supported the Western-led campaign while Sky sources confirm the United Arab Emirates was willing to offer support.
The Arab League had suffered wide criticism for not being more vocal in support of the action it had appealed for.
Foreign Secretary William Hague had earlier told Sky that the coalition was receiving "very strong support" from Arab states for the coalition.
And earlier in the day Air Vice-Marshal Osborn said commanders were "entirely comfortable" with the British missile strikes undertaken so far that targeted Colonel Gaddafi's integrated air defence network.
Read more and see videos here...............http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...ng_No-Fly_Zone
Arab League Splits From West Over Libya Bombing
Niall Paterson, defence correspondent, and Pete Norman
The Arab League has criticised the military strikes on Libya, a week after urging the United Nations to slap a no-fly zone on the oil-rich North African state.The Arab League chief said that Arabs did not want military strikes by Western powers that hit civilians when the League called for a no-fly zone over Libya.
Secretary-General Amr Moussa said he was calling for an emergency Arab League meeting to discuss the situation in the Arab world and particularly Libya.
"What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly zone, and what we want is the protection of civilians and not the bombardment of more civilians," Mr Moussa told Egypt's official state news agency.
The volte-face by the influential regional body raises uncertainty about the unity of Western and Muslim leaders to the UN-backed military campaign.
Only Qatar has openly supported the Western-led campaign while Sky sources confirm the United Arab Emirates was willing to offer support.
The Arab League had suffered wide criticism for not being more vocal in support of the action it had appealed for.
Foreign Secretary William Hague had earlier told Sky that the coalition was receiving "very strong support" from Arab states for the coalition.
And earlier in the day Air Vice-Marshal Osborn said commanders were "entirely comfortable" with the British missile strikes undertaken so far that targeted Colonel Gaddafi's integrated air defence network.
Read more and see videos here...............http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...ng_No-Fly_Zone
But I find it really ****ed up that they asked for this *****, and now they wanna crawfish outta the *****. Somebody shoulda gave them the "How to inact a proper No-Fly Zone for Dummies" booklet. That way they woulda had a full understanding of what the hell they were asking for.
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