Cameron: Libya UN resolution makes mission 'difficult'

BBC News ^ | April 17, 2011

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The UK prime minister has said the terms of the UN resolution on Libya are a "restriction" on the coalition powers who have been trying to protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone.

David Cameron said because under the resolution there would be no invasion or occupation in Libya the mission was made more difficult.

He said it should also mean "things like helping, as we are, the interim transitional national council, assisting the rebels with non-lethal equipment, as we have done".

"We've given them body armour, we've given them communications equipment. But of course, clearly we should be doing things to help the protection of civilians," he said.

The UN resolution authorises "all necessary measures" to protect civilians under threat of attack - short of an occupying force. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's removal is not a specified military objective of the action.

Meanwhile, there were fierce battles on the road between Ajdabiya and the strategic oil town of Brega, which has changed hands several times in recent weeks, on Saturday.

Elsewhere renewed fighting was also reported in Misrata, the embattled rebel holdout in the west of Libya.

Concern over the fate of civilians in the city has been growing in recent days, as evidence has emerged that pro-Gaddafi forces have been shelling and launching rocket attacks.

Human Rights Watch has alleged that the Libyan forces are using cluster bombs in Misrata. Libya's government has denied that suggestion.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Oldeconomybuyer.

"We've given them body armour, we've given them communications equipment."

That'll be nice things to be completely out of when the shooting starts in the homeland. I don't miss Cameron's predecessor, but wow, what an a-hole.

[org.whodat]

Best way to help the civilian's was not to start the crap in the first place. Killing people to stop people that may kill people. Under those terms, we could just have the cops kill everyone that has a drinking conviction are a drug conviction, etc, etc.. you don't kill people for what they may do idiot.

[DTA]

>>>Best way to help the civilian's was not to start the crap in the first place. Killing people to stop people that may kill people. Under those terms, we could just have the cops kill everyone that has a drinking conviction are a drug conviction, etc, etc.. you don't kill people for what they may do idiot. <<

Preemptive punishment works only in Sci-fi. When real people are being killed under R2P ruse it is premeditated murder.

People who are ordering the carnage are not fools, they are hard core criminals.