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As the battle for Benghazi intensifies defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on NATO’s immediate military options, following the UN’s Libyan No-Fly-Zone.
Benghazi celebrates as the UN Security Council imposes a no-fly zone over Libya authorising “all necessary measures” to protect civilians just hours after Gaddafi threatens “no mercy and no pity”.
David Cameron says Libya intervention will not turn into another Iraq War – and tells Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon Gaddafi will be “judged on his actions”.
Is the support of a number of Arab countries to help with US plans to oust Gaddafi in return for a go-ahead to smash Shi’a protests in Bahrain, considered to be ‘the backdoor for Iran’ to get influence?
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon considers the prospects for the British-sponsored resolution that calls for the establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya which is now under discussion at the UN Security Council.
As Muammar Gaddafi’s forces claim to have regained control of Misrata from rebels in the western Libya, the US has said it will back a UN resolution to impose a no-fly zone over the country.
Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif tells Channel 4 News that millions of people in east Libya will be “liberated from dark forces” in two days, as the UN Secretary General calls for an immediate ceasefire.
Pro-Gaddafi air strikes on rebels in East Libya could hasten calls for a no-fly zone, even without unanimous support in the UN Security Council, Channel 4 News learns.
Libya’s eastern port of Ras Lanuf comes under air attack as pro-Gaddafi forces drive rebels back, as Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum questions the movements of UK special forces.
Muammar Gaddafi appears on Libyan state television to deny rumours he has fled the country, while 5,000 wait at Tripoli airport to leave. No planes are running, Channel 4 News understands.
Muammar Gaddafi appears on Libyan state television to deny rumours he has fled the country, while 5,000 wait at Tripoli airport to leave. No planes are running, Channel 4 News understands.
Hundreds are killed in clashes in Libya as pressure mounts on leader Colonel Gaddafi amid reports he could make a speech “shortly”. Channel 4 News hears from an eyewitness to the violence.
Colonel Gaddafi’s son vows the Libyan regime will fight until the “last man standing”, as an engineer in Tripoli tells Channel 4 News the city is shaking.
As thousands of Egyptians stage protests across the country demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, Twitter has not been accessible in the country, Channel 4 News understands.
Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir must be on Red Bull – or maybe it just takes an indictment from the International Criminal Court to give you wings. Eritrea on Monday. Yesterday, embraced by President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. Today, it was reported he was off to Ethiopia, before he actually turned up in Libya for…