US envoy Rice warns Gaddafi of "swift, sure" action
UNITED NATIONS, March 18 |
UNITED NATIONS, March 18 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will face "swift and sure consequences including military action" if he ignores demands for a ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday.
In an interview on CNN television, Ambassador Susan Rice said that Gaddafi, whose forces have been advancing on the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, was in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Thursday, which called for an immediate ceasefire and banned all flights over Libya. (Reporting by Louis Charbonneau; Editing by Eric Walsh)
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riddelup wrote:
What about the same situation in Bahrain? Are we to give the same military no fly zone to the Saudis.
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