{"id":320646,"date":"2011-03-18T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/libyas-gaddafi-given-ultimatum\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T19:58:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:58:24","slug":"libyas-gaddafi-given-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/libyas-gaddafi-given-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya&#8217;s Gaddafi given ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"135.822374039\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>18 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>15:58 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Adding hypertab --><\/p>\n<p><!-- end of hypertab --><!--  Embedding the video player --><!--  This is the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f61c819e2178_de27-1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Barack Obama\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- embedding script --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- companion banner --> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- END - companion banner --><!-- caption --><\/p>\n<p>President Obama: &#8220;American leadership is essential&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- END - caption -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><!-- end of the embedded player component --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Player embedded -->                      <\/p>\n<p>US President Barack Obama has said Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi must obey the UN&#8217;s demands or face military action.<\/p>\n<p>He said Thursday&#8217;s UN Security Council resolution, which demanded an immediate ceasefire, was not negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>He said the entire region could be destabilised if Col Gaddafi was allowed to continue attacking his own people.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Libyan government announced an immediate ceasefire and promised to follow the UN resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Obama said Col Gaddafi&#8217;s troops must pull back from rebel-held towns including Benghazi, and the authorities must allow in humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he does not comply, the international community will impose consequences,&#8221; said Mr Obama. &#8220;The resolution will be enforced by military action.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the US president stressed that the initiative was an international effort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The United States is not going to deploy ground troops into Libya and we&#8217;re not going to use force to go beyond a well-defined goal, specifically the protection of civilians in Libya,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to France for a meeting with her European counterparts on Saturday to discuss how to enforce the UN resolution.<\/p>\n<p>  <span>&#8216;Actions not words&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the UN Security Council voted to strengthen a previous resolution.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"37.6691729323\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-12791910#story_continues_2\">Continue reading the main story<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<!-- pullout-items--><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- pullout-body--><\/p>\n<p>The rebels&#8217; clear expectation now is that British, French or American bombardment will contribute to a speedy and complete defeat for Muammar Gaddafi and he will swiftly be forced from office.<\/p>\n<p>But there is an uneasy recognition of a more difficult possible outcome too.<\/p>\n<p>If UN intervention stops pro-Gaddafi forces in their tracks but does not then destroy them, it may preserve the temporary partition of Libya between government and rebel-controlled sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- pullout-links-->\n\t<\/div>\n<p>It agreed to impose a no-fly zone, expand existing sanctions, and endorse the use of force short of an occupation of the country to protect civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa said his country was obliged to accept the UN resolution and to observe the air exclusion zone. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire and an immediate halt to all military operations,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>British Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would judge Col Gaddafi &#8220;by his actions not his words&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is absolutely clear is the UN Security Council resolution said he must stop what he is doing, brutalising his people,&#8221; Mr Cameron told the BBC. &#8220;If not, all necessary measures can follow to make him stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British and French, along with some Arab allies, are expected to play a leading role in any initial air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said everything was ready to launch military strikes, and that a ceasefire would need to cover the whole country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to analyse the conditions of the ceasefire,&#8221; he told Reuters TV, adding that this would be examined at a summit in Paris on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of a ceasefire was dismissed by a rebel commander in the eastern city of Benghazi, an anti-Gaddafi stronghold, who accused the Libyan leader of &#8220;bluffing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Khalifa Heftir told reporters: &#8220;Gaddafi does not speak any truth&#8230; All the world knows that Muammar Gaddafi is a liar. He and his sons, and his family, and all those with him are liars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  <span>&#8216;Strong message&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 15-member UN Security Council approved the resolution on Libya late on Thursday with 10 votes in favour, none against and five abstentions.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and China &#8211; which often oppose the use of force against a sovereign country as they believe it sets a dangerous precedent &#8211; abstained rather than using their power of veto as permanent members. <\/p>\n<p>If there is opposition to the regime in Tripoli, it has been silenced, either by fear, or by the prevailing atmosphere of patriotism, reports the BBC&#8217;s Allan Little from the capital.<\/p>\n<p>There is dismay and anger at the UN decision, adds our correspondent, with many seeing the rebellion in the east not as a popular uprising against dictatorship but as a criminal enterprise supported by foreign powers and aimed at plundering Libya&#8217;s oil.<\/p>\n<p>Col Gaddafi has ruled Libya for more than 40 years. An uprising against him began last month after long-time leaders of neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt were toppled. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/f61c819e2178_de27-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12791910\" title=\"Libya's Gaddafi given ultimatum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya&#8217;s Gaddafi given ultimatum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 18 March 2011 Last updated at 15:58 ET Please turn on JavaScript. 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