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NATO authorizes extending Libya mission 90 days.
La OTAN bombardeará Libia durante 90 días más
Jueves, septiembre 22, 2011,
Los países aliados de la OTAN prorrogaron este miércoles sus ataques en Libia otros 90 días ante la resistencia de las fuerzas leales al líder libio, Muammar Al Gaddafi, mantienen en las ciudades de Bani Walid (noroeste) y Sirte (norte), donde los opositores no han podido avanzar.
El secretario general de la organización, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, anunció que los países de la Alianza “estamos determinados a continuar nuestra operación para proteger al pueblo de Libia (…) Mantenemos nuestros esfuerzos para cumplir con el mandato de Naciones Unidas” de “garantizar” la “seguridad”de los libios.
“Nuestra decisión también envía un claro mensaje al pueblo de Libia: La OTAN, nuestros socios, toda la comunidad internacional, está con vosotros. Estamos unidos para asegurar que podéis moldear vuestro propio futuro. Y ese día se está acercando”, dijo Rasmussen.
El secretario general de la OTAN ha insistido en que las operaciones en Libia proseguirán “mientas existan amenazas para la población civil”. Según Rasmussen, los ataques se “suspenderán” de “inmediato” una vez “queden eliminadas definitivamente esas amenazas”.
Entre tanto, las fuerzas de Gaddafi continúan la resistencia pese a que los opositores, con apoyo de la OTAN, concentran más hombres, tanques, carros blindados y otros arsenales en torno a Bani Walid y Sirte, según testigos citados por medios alternativos.
Los opositores no han conseguido avances en Bani Walid y en Sirte, tierra natal de Gaddafi, debido a la resistencia encontrada.
Según algunos portavoces de los insurrectos, la falta de avance ha sido por “la efectividad de francotiradores y de la artillería pesada de las fuerzas de Gaddafi”.
Mientras tanto el líder de la Revolución verde continúa alentando a su pueblo a luchar contra “traidores y agresores extranjeros”.
Según el comandante opositor Bashir Ahwaz, en los combates de este martes en Sabha murieron tres de sus hombres y 19 miembros de las tribus pro Gaddafi, tras admitir que demorarán una semana más para controlar todo el sur de Libia y sus fronteras con Argelia y Níger.
El pasado 31 de marzo, la Alianza del Atlántico tomó el mando de las operaciones aéreas contra territorio libio, amparados por la resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas, con la excusa de que se trataría de una misión de corta duración para “proteger” al pueblo norteafricano.
Desde el inicio de los ataques, los aviones de la OTAN han realizado ya 8.751 bombardeos en Libia, que ha dejado más de 50.000 muertos.
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The decision means U.S. and allied troops could be involved in Libya until Christmas. But the alliance's leader says forces could be called home 'at any time' if help is no longer
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September 21, 2011|By Henry Chu and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from London and Tripoli, Libya —
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Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization authorized a 90-day extension of the alliance's aerial mission over Libya on Wednesday, raising the prospect that U.S. and allied troops could
be involved in the North African nation until Christmas.
But NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen emphasized that the alliance could call home its forces "at any time" if international authorities and the new Libyan government determine that NATO's help is no longer necessary.
"This decision sends a clear message to the Libyan people: We will be there for as long as necessary but not a day longer, while you take your future in your hands to ensure a safe transition to the new Libya," Rasmussen said.
He said the alliance had been "remarkably successful" in executing a United Nations mandate to protect civilians, despite criticism that NATO's warplanes and aerial bombing campaign routinely crossed the line into actively assisting revolutionary forces in their effort to topple Libya's longtime strongman, Moammar Kadafi.
NATO took over enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya in March, with an initial deadline for the mission at the end of June. A three-month extension was set to expire next week, but Wednesday's decision renewed the operation until the end of December.
NATO fighter jets have flown more than 20,000 sorties over Libya in the last six months, dropping thousands of bombs to take out Kadafi's command centers and military materiel. The alliance has reported no serious casualties in its air campaign, though Kadafi's government alleged that the bombing killed hundreds of civilians and NATO has acknowledged several mistaken bombings of rebel forces.
With the erstwhile rebels now preparing to form a government in Tripoli, Washington has sent its former ambassador back to the Libyan capital to reopen the U.S. Embassy, which was shut down for the duration of the battle between Kadafi and his foes for control of the oil-rich nation.
Ambassador Gene Cretz returned to Libya on Wednesday. Appointed to the post in 2007 by former President George W. Bush, Cretz became the first U.S. ambassador to Tripoli after decades of diplomatic estrangement between the two countries.
In July, Washington recognized the anti-Kadafi Transitional National Council, then based in the city of Benghazi, as Libya's legitimate governing authority.
Meanwhile, reports Wednesday indicated that Libya's new rulers were close to winning full control of the southern desert crossroads city of Sabha, long a stronghold of support for Kadafi and the site of recent clashes.
A government takeover of Sabha probably would restrict escape opportunities for Kadafi and any associates still in Libya. The Saharan city is on the route to several neighboring nations, including Niger, where many Kadafi aides, along with his son Saadi, have already sought refuge.
The fall of Sabha would leave pro-Kadafi forces in control of just two major cities — Surt, Kadafi's hometown on the Mediterranean coast, and Bani Walid, a tribal bastion southeast of Tripoli, the capital. Revolutionary fighters have faced fierce resistance in attempts to storm the two cities. A renewed attack on Surt is expected in a day or two.
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