The French Violate UN Resolution 1970
Posted by Michael S. Rozeff on June 29, 2011 04:35 AM
The French are dropping arms by air to the rebels. UN Resolution 1970 imposes an arms embargo on Libya. I am reminded of fascist Italy's attack on Ethiopia in 1935. Both were League of Nations members. I guess the rule of international law, such as it is, is something like "Open covenants openly arrived at and openly disregarded." The larger powers are slowly but surely undermining the UN. (This is an observation on the politics, not an endorsement of the UN.)
France airdrops arms to Libya rebels: Report
PARIS: France has begun parachuting arms shipments to Berber rebels fighting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the highlands south of Tripoli, the French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.
According to the paper, which said it had seen a secret intelligence memo and talked to well-placed officials, the air drops are designed to help rebel fighters encircle Tripoli and encourage a popular revolt in the city itself.
"If the rebels can get to the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital will take the chance to rise against Gaddafi," said an official quoted in the report.
"The regime's mercenaries are no longer getting paid and are scarcely getting fed. There's a severe fuel shortage, the population has had enough."
French officials could not immediately confirm or deny the report.
According to Le Figaro, the French arms shipments are being dropped from planes in the Djebel Nafusa region, where Berber tribes have risen to join the revolt against Gaddafi's rule and seized several provincial towns.
The crates hold assault rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, it said, and also European-made Milan anti-tank missiles, a powerful addition to the rebel arsenal that can destroy a tank or a bunker.
France has taken a leading role in organising international support for the uprising against Gaddafi's four-decade old rule, and French and British jets are spearheading a NATO-led air campaign targeting his forces.
Rebel forces are based in Benghazi in the east of the country, and hold a besieged enclave supplied by sea in the western coastal town of Misrata, but have been unable to mount a convincing advance on the capital.
The Frogs are used to dropping weapons, just not from an airplane ! :mj07: :mj07:
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Posted by Michael S. Rozeff on June 29, 2011 04:35 AM
The French are dropping arms by air to the rebels. UN Resolution 1970 imposes an arms embargo on Libya. I am reminded of fascist Italy's attack on Ethiopia in 1935. Both were League of Nations members. I guess the rule of international law, such as it is, is something like "Open covenants openly arrived at and openly disregarded." The larger powers are slowly but surely undermining the UN. (This is an observation on the politics, not an endorsement of the UN.)
France airdrops arms to Libya rebels: Report
PARIS: France has begun parachuting arms shipments to Berber rebels fighting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the highlands south of Tripoli, the French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.
According to the paper, which said it had seen a secret intelligence memo and talked to well-placed officials, the air drops are designed to help rebel fighters encircle Tripoli and encourage a popular revolt in the city itself.
"If the rebels can get to the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital will take the chance to rise against Gaddafi," said an official quoted in the report.
"The regime's mercenaries are no longer getting paid and are scarcely getting fed. There's a severe fuel shortage, the population has had enough."
French officials could not immediately confirm or deny the report.
According to Le Figaro, the French arms shipments are being dropped from planes in the Djebel Nafusa region, where Berber tribes have risen to join the revolt against Gaddafi's rule and seized several provincial towns.
The crates hold assault rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, it said, and also European-made Milan anti-tank missiles, a powerful addition to the rebel arsenal that can destroy a tank or a bunker.
France has taken a leading role in organising international support for the uprising against Gaddafi's four-decade old rule, and French and British jets are spearheading a NATO-led air campaign targeting his forces.
Rebel forces are based in Benghazi in the east of the country, and hold a besieged enclave supplied by sea in the western coastal town of Misrata, but have been unable to mount a convincing advance on the capital.
The Frogs are used to dropping weapons, just not from an airplane ! :mj07: :mj07:
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