Time's up, Gaddafi's son tells rebels (threatens all out war)

[Turborama]

Source: Reuters/AFP Via ABC (Australia)

Updated 1 hour 30 minutes ago

Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi is ready to unleash the full might of his forces to crush a three-week-old insurrection, his son said overnight, as warplanes and tanks struck at the country's rebel-controlled east.

"It's time for liberation. It's time for action. We are moving now," Saif al-Islam told Reuters in an interview. "Time is out now ... we gave them two weeks (for negotiations)."

As he spoke, Gaddafi's forces intensified their counter-attack on the insurgent heartland, bombarding rebel positions in the oil port of Ras Lanuf. Warplanes also hit Brega, another rebel-held oil hub further east.

State television said the army had driven the rebels out of Ras Lanuf, just behind their frontline but the rebels denied it.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/11/3161099.htm?section=justin

[aquart]

1. I know where I hope to see him shortly.

[riverwalker]

2. I read a Tweet that said

they want to tie him atop a car, drive around Libya and let everyone take a shot at him.

[aquart]

3. I'm flexible. That works, too.

[fascisthunter]

4. your time is coming soon.... fool

[Turborama]

5. Gaddafi threatens offensive, ignores diplomatic moves

By Michael Georgy and Maria Golovnina – 56 mins ago

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son told rebels on Thursday they faced a full-scale assault to crush their three-week-old uprising as troops, tanks and warplanes punched into the rebel-held east of the country.

"It's time for action. We are moving now," Saif al-Islam told Reuters in an interview. "Time is out now...we gave them two weeks (for negotiations)."

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Despite a flurry of meetings, foreign governments came no closer to deciding on action. The United States and NATO's head expressed doubt over the wisdom of imposing "no-fly zones" without full international backing and a legal justification.

The African Union rejected any form of foreign intervention but said it was sending a delegation of five heads of state to Libya soon to try to arrange a truce in the hostilities.

Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/wl_nm/us_libya

It's starting to look like the civil war in Libya has run past its news cycle here, but I'll continue posting news on what's going on regardless.