Clinton to meet Libya opposition, warns on next steps
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:00pm GMT Reuters EXCERPT:
By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she plans to meet representatives of Libya's opposition groups but warned against unilateral U.S. action over the crisis, saying it could have unintended consequences.
Clinton met Tripoli's former ambassador to Washington, who has joined a growing number of Liyban diplomats who have denounced leader Muammar Gaddafi, and said she would meet more opposition figures during a trip next week to France, Egypt and Tunisia.
"We are in direct contact with members of the opposition, here in the United States, in Libya, in other countries, and we are working with them to determine what assistance they are actually able to use," Clinton told reporters after meeting Chile's foreign minister.
While saying she recognized the urgency of the situation, Clinton said calls for a quick U.S.-led military response to the crisis were premature -- underscoring that a no-fly zone and any other moves would require international support.
"Absent international authorization, the United States acting alone would be stepping into a situation whose consequences are unforeseeable," Clinton told a congressional hearing, stressing that NATO and the United Nations should take the lead in planning the next steps.
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Yeah! Lets wait 17 friggin years and give Qaddaffi and company as much time as Saddam had to torture, rape and kill his citizenry.
Absent international authorization, Mrs Clinton? What international authorization did Mr Clinton have to go into Bosnia?
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:00pm GMT Reuters EXCERPT:
By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she plans to meet representatives of Libya's opposition groups but warned against unilateral U.S. action over the crisis, saying it could have unintended consequences.
Clinton met Tripoli's former ambassador to Washington, who has joined a growing number of Liyban diplomats who have denounced leader Muammar Gaddafi, and said she would meet more opposition figures during a trip next week to France, Egypt and Tunisia.
"We are in direct contact with members of the opposition, here in the United States, in Libya, in other countries, and we are working with them to determine what assistance they are actually able to use," Clinton told reporters after meeting Chile's foreign minister.
While saying she recognized the urgency of the situation, Clinton said calls for a quick U.S.-led military response to the crisis were premature -- underscoring that a no-fly zone and any other moves would require international support.
"Absent international authorization, the United States acting alone would be stepping into a situation whose consequences are unforeseeable," Clinton told a congressional hearing, stressing that NATO and the United Nations should take the lead in planning the next steps.
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Yeah! Lets wait 17 friggin years and give Qaddaffi and company as much time as Saddam had to torture, rape and kill his citizenry.
Absent international authorization, Mrs Clinton? What international authorization did Mr Clinton have to go into Bosnia?
