While not surprising, I hope it achieves the desired result. Whatever that may be. Kinda wondering if France will be as involved as they are currently posturing.
Mar 17, 8:08 PM EDT
UN approves no-fly zone over Libya
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Associated Press
AP UNITED NATIONS (AP) --
The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and authorize "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces, hours after the Libyan leader vowed to crush the rebellion with a final assault on the opposition capital of Benghazi.
The U.N. vote paved the way for possible international air strikes on Gadhafi's advancing military and reflected the past week's swift reversal of the situation in Libya, where once-confident rebels are now in danger of being obliterated by an overpowering pro-Gadhafi force using rockets, artillery, tanks, warplanes. That force has advanced along the Mediterranean coast aiming to recapture the rebel-held eastern half of Libya.
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