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UN 'plan for post-Gaddafi Libya' leaked

Document appears to reveal plans for UN's role in post-conflict Libya, including deployment of military observers.

 

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The document calls for the deployment of 200 unarmed military observers and 190 UN police officers [Reuters]

 

A leaked document apparently detailing United Nations preparations for its role in post-Gaddafi Libya reveals plans for the world body to deploy military observers and police officers to the North African country.

 

The 10-page document, apparently written by a special UN team led by Ian Martin, the former British head of Amnesty International, was obtained and published by Inner City Press, the UN watchdog website.

 

The document outlines plans for UN-assisted elections in the next six to nine months.

 

It also calls for the deployment of 200 unarmed military observers and 190 UN police officers to serve as trainers.

 

But it says such a deployment would only be implemented if it was requested by Libyan authorities and authorised by the UN Security Council.

 

"If requested by the Libyans and authorised by the Council, the UN could contribute to confidence-building and to the implementation of agreed military tasks, through unarmed UN military observer (UNMOs).

 

"Such confidence-building might be necessary for the troops of the Gaddafi government which will find themselves under the control of hostile forces. The UNMOs might also act as some deterrence against ill treatment of the former enemy by rogue elements."

 

It also calls for the deployment of 61 civilian staff who will also be stationed in Libya in the first three months, both at a headquarters in Tripoli and at an office in Benghazi.

 

The UN is pushing for the creation of an interim government ahead of the polls.

 

"If the stablisation of Tripoli after the collapse of the Gaddafi government becomes such a major challenge that the transitional authorities seek more robust international assistance, this is a task clearly beyond the capacity of the UN," the plan states.

 

"In this situation, the only viable option to ensure a safe environment in Tripoli are the transitional authorities themselves, with the advice of those who are already assisting or advising them.

 

"The Security Council's 'protection of civilians' mandate implemented by NATO forces does not end with the fall of the Gaddafi government, and there, NATO would continue to have some responsibilities."

 

Ban Ki-Moon, the UN Secretary General, has called on the international community to work together to restore order in Libya and for an end to fighting in the country.

 

Source: AJ

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Report: Gadhafi Family Flees to Algeria

 

Algerian media report that members of Moammar Gadhafi's family entered Algeria Monday, as Libyan rebels continued to search for the embattled former leader.

 

The Algerian Press Service quotes the foreign ministry as saying that Mr. Gadhafi's wife, daughter, two of his sons and their children arrived in Algeria early Monday after crossing the Libyan border.

 

Battle for Sirte

 

In Libya, rebel forces are drawing closer to Mr. Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte after seizing control of the country's capital.

 

Rebel commanders in Misrata say opposition forces pushing toward Sirte from the west on Monday moved within 30 kilometers of the coastal city, which is located 450 kilometers east of Tripoli.

 

A rebel spokesman Sunday said anti-government forces will seize Sirte by force if negotiations with tribal leaders for its surrender fail.

 

Mr. Gadhafi has not been seen since rebel fighters seized Tripoli, and the Sirte region is considered one area where he may have gone into hiding.

 

The head of the opposition Transitional National Council, Mustafa Jalil, said Monday that Mr. Gadhafi still poses a threat to Libya and the world. Jalil also called for the continued support of NATO, which has been carrying out airstrikes against pro-Gadhafi forces since March under a U.N. mandate to protect civilians. His comments came as defense officials from countries involved militarily in Libya met in Qatar.

 

NATO meets in Paris

 

Leaders from countries backing NATO operations over Libya are meeting in Paris Thursday to discuss ways to help Libyans now that the opposition has control of the capital. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is among those who will attend the talks.

 

France said it dispatched a team to Tripoli Monday to reopen its embassy after closing it for six months as rebels fought for control of the country.

 

The International Organization for Migration said Monday its ship evacuated about 850 stranded migrants and displaced Libyans from Tripoli one day earlier.

 

A Red Cross ship entered Tripoli harbor Sunday carrying supplies for the city, which saw days of fighting between rebels and Gadhafi supporters last week.

 

Rebel-held Tripoli short on supplies

 

A VOA correspondent reported that the capital has widespread shortages of medicine, drinking water and other basic supplies. And many areas are still without electricity.

 

Human Rights Watch said Sunday that pro-Gadhafi forces committed possible war crimes as rebels moved into the Libyan capital last week. They say researchers have documented more than 110 corpses in four locations in Tripoli. Many of them appear to have been killed execution-style either while in detention or with their hands bound.

 

A metal warehouse in a compound controlled until last week by Libya's elite Khamis Brigade contains about 50 scorched skeletons.

 

A VOA correspondent who visited the structure said another eight bodies lie outside, one with his hands tied behind his back. A survivor said that as rebel forces approached, loyalist soldiers shot their prisoners, then tried to burn the bodies.

 

Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

 

Source VOA

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nuune   

UN and NATO already mobilized ground troops and intelligence personnel numbering thousands, so leaking a document waa qiiq isku qaris, real invasion is taking place hadaad maqasho U POLICE, oo iyagu police ma noqon karaan miyaa, haa laakin waaba la yasayaa since they did nothing except to fire guns into the air, so waaba la maamulooyaa as we all expected.

 

 

Where is the freedom marka, xabbadii oo dhaceysa ayaaba waddankiiba loo tashanayaa, and that is it!!!

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nuune   
Libaax, this is the third time they said he is dead, and they don't have his body now, but saying his body was taken to Bin Walid, a town held by Gaddafi Loyalist, so how did Gaddafi Loyalist obtained the body, something doesn't add up to, so no evidence.

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NASSIR   

What's the difference btw UN police & UN peacekeeping forces?

Peace Enforcement is a different case, we all know.

 

Nuune, Keep us updated.

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RAF flies £130m unfrozen cash assets to Libya

 

The RAF is flying £130m of Libyan banknotes (280m Libyan dinars) to Libya after an assets freeze aimed at Col Muammar Gaddafi was lifted.

 

The cash, printed in the UK, is the first tranche of £950m that will be handed to Libya's Central Bank.

 

A Whitehall official said the money should be available for cash machines and banks in Libya very quickly.

 

The currency was released following a decision by the United Nations sanctions committee in New York.

'Step forward'

 

The official said the cash delivery, worth $1.55bn, should make it possible to pay many public sector workers over the Eid holiday.

 

Many of those dependent on government salaries have not been paid for many weeks.

 

The move comes on the eve of a major international conference on the future of Libya to be held in Paris on Thursday, chaired jointly by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

 

The funds were frozen in February when the uprising in Libya started.

 

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said this latest move represented another "major step forward" in getting necessary assistance to the Libyan people.

 

Mr Hague said: "These banknotes, which were frozen in the UK under UN sanctions, will help address urgent humanitarian needs, instil confidence in the banking sector, pay salaries of key public sector workers and free up liquidity in the economy."

Ship held

 

Germany has also asked for agreement to release about 1bn euros (£900m) in seized assets, while France wants to unfreeze about 5bn euros (£4.4bn) to help pay for humanitarian aid and keep essential services going in Libya.

 

Last week, the UN agreed to a US request to unblock $1.5bn (£1bn) in frozen Libyan assets.

 

In March, a ship carrying Libyan currency worth £100m was impounded.

 

The Home Office said the ship was intercepted by UK authorities after heading back to British waters following an aborted attempt to dock at Libya's capital, Tripoli.

 

The money, which was printed in north-east England, was held at Harwich, Essex.

 

BBC

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nuune   

Latest News for those who missed the last hour:

 

- Saif Al Islam talks to Al Rai Sat TV based in Damascus, says he is in Libya, and will fight the armed gangs who destroyed the country and still destroying it

 

- Saif says Sirte is equiped with 20 thousand armed forces, neither NATO or armed gang groups will do anything to it unless the nuclear bomb it

 

- Sa'ad Al Gadafi talks to Al Arabiya TV based in Dubai owned by Saudi Arabia, Saad says in order to avoid more blood the country needs to be saved, and to do that, everyone has to disarm including the gang rebels and Gadafi loyalist.

 

- Gaddafi Foreign Minister is being held by the rebels in Tripoli while attending Eid Al Fitri prayer this morning,

 

- Foreign Minister Obeidi was not regarded as a heavy weight

 

- Rebel leaders dismissed Sa'ad Gaddafi proposals

 

- Rebel reports says Gaddafi is in Bani Walid town, NATO is bombarding the town as of tonight

 

- Rebel leaders says Bani Wali is surrounded, and requesting Gaddafi to surrender himself

 

- The sons confirm that the father is in the country

 

- Experts are saying the reports that Gaddafi is in the country is to encourage the loyalists that their leader hasn't fled

 

- Experts are saying that Gaddafi made a calculated step when he let his family flee the country and him to stay behind

 

- Sirte is being bombarded day and night, and still resisting NATO bombs and Rebels are pushed 120KM from Sirte

 

-Tripoli is divided between the rebels themselves, and Gaddafi loyalists

 

- Anyone in Tripoli who suggests that Gaddafi loyalists are holding large parts of Tripoli will be shot, or expelled, or given deadline to correct their reports, already many Russian and Asian journalists are expelled

 

- Tripoli airport is held by a small tribe but equipped with armored vehicles

 

- Libya Central bank is held by another tribe

 

- The Post Office compound goes to a small tribe from the mountains(where the Berbers are from)

 

- Ministry of information is held by another tribe

 

- Green Square and nearby roads are being held by the Berbers from the mountains

 

- Bab Al Aziziya compound are being held by Misrata Brigade, a powerful one

 

- Zawiya refinery is being held by two powerful tribes

 

- Nearby tribes want to have some share of this, but are being repelled.

 

- The port goes to another tribe from Gharyan town

 

- Rixoz Hotel and nearby District is being held by the Zawiya groupd of rebels, another powerful tribe from there

 

- Rebels acknowledge UN proposals of sending ground troops and international police

 

- Rebels in Benghazi accept that, but was rejected by other rebels from other tribes specially from powerful Misrata tribes

 

- Deep divisions within the rebels on what to do now with Libya

 

- No one is governing Tripoli, checkpoints everywhere

 

 

 

 

Ps: Some of my sources include some Somali living in Tripoli right now, specially the checkpoints and the killings of black colored people, the Somalis living there in the capital said they can't go outside without wearing the flag of the rebels just to protect yourself from being harrassed at the countless checkpoints .

 

Pss: The Somalis living there also said that the city is divided between powerful tribes, and there were large parts of Tripoli that the rebels can't go.

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SafiyaN   

nuune, thank you for the update. Naseeb daro, walahi. It is only a matter of time before the different tribes realize that only one at any given time can hold the key to the central bank or the ports. The remainder will find themselves relegated to other functions. Things will descend quickly while the oil flows and the gold is carted away by the Europeans.

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nuune   

Latets News, just in:

 

 

- The British, the French and the Americans, on hearing that Gaddafi is in Bani Walid, they joined the HUNT for Gaddafi, and are already monitoring communication signals in and around Bani Walid

 

- UN resolution is no more, hunt for Gaddafi by the West is needed urgently to take over Libya as quickly as possible

 

- Rebel reports that Algeria refused entry for Gaddafi, but non confirmed, just pure propaganda for the world

 

- Sa'ad Gaddafi says he will surrender, but needs protection, rebel leaders says they will make sure he gets protection since he was not part of Gaddafi regime, and was just plain civil servant

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