2011年4月1日星期五

Libyan rebels seek cease-fire after us vows to withdraw jets - BusinessWeek

01 April 2011, 7: 28 am EDT by Thomas penny and Patrick Donahue

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April 1 (Bloomberg)--Libya's opposition called for a truce after the United States, said that it is withdrawing aircraft Muammar Gaddafi forces under adverse weather conditions, which allows strikes back Libyan loyalist rebels prevented attacks on uses.Libya's rebels would accept that a cease-fire met their demands for freedoms, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of who, said National Council transitional rebels during a press conference on television today from their stronghold of Benghazi. He said any agreement Qadhafi which would include fighters withdrawing from cities and their surroundings.Rebel movement comes a day after Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, said us jets, flying is not with NATO forces on Libya after the April 2. Mullen said, aircraft if NATO be made required would only available. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Congress of the United States "clearly down our commitment will ramp to Libya except for electronic warfare, air-to-air refuelling and monitoring".Rebels have the initiative to recover on the retreat for three days Qadhafi's troops after nearly two weeks of allied air strikes against them. This week recovery from the oil port, the Ras Lanuf of Qadhafi forces stressed the military weakness of the opponents. An other oil port, Brega, the Western rebels controlled television is reported still intense fighting Al-Arabiya. "It seems to me we don't do everything necessary to achieve our objectives and including facilitated, with the anti-Qaddafi forces what", Senator John McCain said at the hearing in Congress yesterday with Mullen and gates. "I hope that we learn a bitter lesson not."Find you under TargetsMullen cannot be said that bad weather in the last three days in Libya meant "to pilots not the objectives;" "get you can see not the objectives."Oil rose to a 30-month high in New York than economic data from China inspired users and struggles in Libya owejannyje ensure the cuts spend hope the increasing demand in the world's largest energy Middle East producers spread can. Crude for may delivery rose as 93 cents to $107.65 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest price front month since September 26, 2008. "It was London's time at $107.06 at 11:34 am."Today, it is quiet but there are snipers available and last night a number of mortar rounds were fired and there was indiscriminate firing from tanks and, "REDA Almountasser, live in the Western City of Misurata the inhabitants against Qadhafi and have his troops", Control regain defied efforts, said in a telephone Interview.Rebel LeadersU.S. political and military leaders, said, that she not provide weapons and training rebels start fight against Qadhafi. Mullen said there are "many countries that have the ability, the arms, the ability to be able to do so." "Gates said, the United States know not enough about the rebel groups of"a few"leader."The rebels need more heavy weapons, said Jan Techau, Director of the Carnegie Endowment for international peace in Brussels and a former analyst at the NATO Defense College. "they need easy task-not high-tech weapons, which requires extensive training and would be dangerous if in terrorist hands fell."The conflict in Libya, which as a wave of anti-Government protests similar to began in Egypt and Tunisia separate army escalated into armed conflicts such as the country and some soldiers joined the rebels. Oil prices have risen more than 25 percent since fighting began in mid-February. "Despair, fear'U."K. Prime Minister David Cameron, said the withdrawal of Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa on 30 March is proof for "br?ckelnden the despair and fear in the heart of the Qadhafi regime and rotten." He said the former Minister has still no immunity were offered. The Scottish Prosecutor's Office said you wanted to interview Koussa of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie that killed 270 people.While since the beginning of the uprising against the Qadhafi finish dozens of Libyan diplomats, Koussa is to flee one of the highest officials. Libya's former Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Dabbashi, said that more diplomats and senior - ranking Libyans are expected to defect of the Qadhafi regime "within days," from Sky News reported, adding that the regime can give up to 10 top Libyan officials.A further senior Libyan officials, Mohammed Ismail, visited London in the last few days for confidential conversations, Guardian reported today citing unidentified u.k. Beamten.Gates he said several final saw scenarios with Qadhafi. 'Family kills him' "One is that it kills a member of his own family"", or one of his inner circle kills him, or the military fractures the opposition again raise with the deterioration of the Qadhafi of's military capabilities," Gates.Mehr as 90 missions said yesterday of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation jets, said the operation commander Charles Bouchard, the Canadian air force General via video link from NaplesItaly. A total 20 of the 28 Member States of the Alliance expected to contribute forces in the initial phase, NATO said. Germany declined to participate.Gaddafi said Western air attacks to lead could be a war between Christians and Sky News reported Muslims who could get out of control, relying on a statement of the Libyan leader of national television broadcast.

-With the help of Alan Crawford in Berlin, Massoud Derhally in Beirut and Caroline Alexander in London. Publisher: Leon Mangasarian, Ben Holland.

The reporter on this story contact: Thomas penny in London at tpenny@bloomberg.net; Patrick Donahue at the Pdonahue1@bloomberg.net in Berlin.

The editor responsible for this story contact: Andrew j. Bard at barden@bloomberg.net


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