Teléfono para Muammar

U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by Qaddafi Forces

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council voted Thursday to authorize military action, including airstrikes against Libyan tanks and heavy artillery and a no-fly zone, a risky foreign intervention aimed at averting a bloody rout of rebels by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

After days of often acrimonious debate, played out against a desperate clock, as Colonel Qaddafi’s troops advanced to within 100 miles of the rebel capital of Benghazi, Libya, the Security Council authorized member nations to take “all necessary measures” to protect civilians, diplomatic code words calling for military action.

Diplomats said the resolution — which passed with 10 votes, including the United States, and abstentions from Russia, China, Germany, Brazil and India — was written in sweeping terms to allow for a wide range of actions, including strikes on air-defense systems and missile attacks from ships. Military activity could get under way within a matter of hours, they said.

New York Times

Parecería que se le complicó la cosa al Rey de Reyes de África y Fraternal Líder y Guía de la Gran Revolución del Primero de Septiembre de la Gran Jamahiriya Árabe Libia Popular Socialista.

¿Se vendrán los cascotazos ahora que el Consejo de Seguridad dio permiso? ¿O todo queda en la nada, como suele pasar cuando la ONU sale de la modorra?