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March 14, 2011

Libya: Pro-Gaddafi Forces Push Back Against Rebels 
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In news from Libya, forces loyal to Col. Muammar Gaddafi have succeeded
in taking back several key cities from rebel forces including the oil
port cities of Ras Lanuf and Port Brega. The next battlefront is
expected to be the city of Ajdabiya, about 95 miles south of Benghazi.
On Saturday, unidentified gunmen killed an Al Jazeera cameraman named
Ali Hassan al-Jaber in the city of Benghazi. Meanwhile, the the Arab
League has called on the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone
on Libya and said Gaddafi's government had lost legitimacy. President
Obama spoke about Libya during his new conference on Friday.

bq. President Barack Obama: "Across the board we are slowly tightening
the noose on Gaddafi. He is more and more isolated internationally both
through sanctions as well as our arms embargo. In addition to that,
we've provided a host of humanitarian aid measures to make sure that
people are not adversely affected as they cross the borders into Tunisia
and Egypt and we will continue to do that. And, what we've done is we've
organized in NATO a series of conversations about a wide range of
options that we can take."



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