Powers want Kadhafi out with means unclear focus 04/14/2011

Powers want Kadhafi out with means unclear

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04/14/2011
DOHA — World leaders meeting in Doha on Wednesday want Libya’s defiant leader Moamer Kadhafi out of power but the means remain unclear four weeks into a campaign of air strikes.

Libyan rebels, meanwhile, expect to take part in a plenary session of the meeting of senior international diplomats and said they will be seeking full recognition.

Outgunned rebel forces with the backing of Western air and sea strikes supported by Gulf states have held onto eastern Libya, yet they have failed to make significant inroads in the west, toward Kadhafi’s power base in Tripoli.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, in charge of military operations in Libya for almost two weeks, is sticking to UN Security Council Resolution 1973 which authorizes action to protect civilians in Libya but not regime-change..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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