Libya asks for UN ceasefire observers

[JanDutchy]

Source: 9NEWS

00:17 AEST Sun Mar 20 2011

Libya has asked UN chief Ban Ki-moon to send observers to monitor a ceasefire it said it declared in response to demands from the Security Council, Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa said on Saturday.

"We announced a ceasefire, which is proof that Libya has responded positively to the decisions of the United Nations," Kussa told a news conference


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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. (After we got our ground to air defenses heavily degraded)

That needs to go there.

[Faygo Kid]

2. They're kidding, right?

However else you feel about the UN action, it's clear that the Libyan declaration of a cease fire was a ruse to take Benghazi.

[DURHAM D]

3. He is amazing.

He reminds me of the character on SNL known as the Pathological Liar - Jon Lovitz.

[Faygo Kid]

4. +1

[Fool Count]

6. Clear to whom? And why not make it even "clearer" by sending

the UN inspectors in? Because they may find out that it is not at all clear, that's why.

[David__77]

7. Good point. Why not send observers?

It would not be a difficult matter at all.

[faz]

5. Wow these Lybians are incrediblly naive

UN is just a tool for its masters.

Saddam didn't have WMDs, Bush went for the invasion anyway.

"Is our children learning?"