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(CNN)<\/b> — U.S. President Barack Obama warned Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi on Friday to immediately stop the “brutal repression” of Libyan civilians or face military consequences from a unified international community.<\/p>\n
A cease-fire must be implemented immediately and government troops must be pulled back from several key cities, Obama declared at the White House. Power must also be restored to those cities, he said.<\/p>\n
“These terms are not negotiable,” Obama declared.<\/p>\n
“Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe Gadhafi (will) commit atrocities against his own people” and destabilize the surrounding region, Obama said. “The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun” and the “words of the international community would be rendered hollow.”<\/p>\n
Obama’s announcement came one day after the U.N. Security Council authorized the use of force to protect Libya’s besieged civilian opponents of the regime.<\/p>\n
Conflict was still raging in Libya Friday, witnesses said, despite the Gadhafi government’s announcement of an “immediate” cease-fire in response to the Security Council resolution.<\/p>\n
The U.S. president also made clear, however, that the American military would act only in concert with its international partners, including several European countries and representatives of the Arab League.<\/p>\n
He insisted American troops would not be deployed in Libya.<\/p>\n
Obama was one of several world leaders to clarify their military intentions and limitations on Friday.<\/p>\n
To the north, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his country is sending CF-18 fighter jets to join a Canadian warship already on standby off the coast of Libya.<\/p>\n
Across the Atlantic, French government spokesman Francois Baroin said France plans to participate in “swift” efforts against the Gadhafi regime. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will convene a summit on Saturday to examine the crisis. Members of the Arab League, the president of the European Council, and representatives of states supporting implementation of the U.N. resolution have all been invited.<\/p>\n
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the United Kingdom has started preparations to deploy aircraft, and “in the coming hours” they will move to air bases where they will be positioned for any “necessary action.”<\/p>\n
Spain will offer NATO the use of two military bases and provide air and naval forces for use in operations involving Libya, Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon said Friday in Madrid, a Defense Ministry spokesman told CNN.<\/p>\n
The two bases to be offered in southern Spain are the Rota air and naval station, where a contingent of U.S. troops is also based, and the air base at Moron de la Frontera. Those, as well as the offer to provide air and naval assets, would be subject to parliamentary approval, the minister said at an event at a Spanish air base in Madrid, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n
Germany, which abstained from Thursday’s U.N. Security Council vote, decided that its country’s troops will not be used in any military action, according Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle. But “we believe that those who voted for military intervention have good motives,” Westerwelle said.<\/p>\n
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said it is closing the Italian Embassy in Tripoli and will actively participate in the effort. The country’s defense minister, Ignazio La Russa, said his government will ask the Italian parliament for permission to deploy military personnel and aircraft.<\/p>\n
The Mediterranean island nation of Malta confirmed that it will not allow its territory to be used to enforce a no-fly zone.<\/p>\n
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store called the Security Council resolution against Libya “historic” and said it “demonstrates the U.N.’s ability to take action.” He called the Arab League’s support for action against Gadhafi “a decisive factor” for his country.<\/p>\n
“NATO has already started planning, and we must determine what resources NATO needs … and what Norway can contribute,” Defence Minister Grete Faremo added.<\/p>\n
CNN’s Alan Silverleib and Joe Sterling contributed to this report<\/b><\/p>\n
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