From the FINANCIAL TIMES:
Barack Obama warned Libyan forces to halt their advance on the rebel-held city of Benghazi and withdraw from recently captured towns – or face military action from a coalition of western and Arab forces.
The US president’s strongly worded statement on Friday, which capped weeks of sometimes hesitant negotiations between the US, Europe and their Arab allies, raises the stakes in the west’s campaign to drive Muammer Gaddafi from power.
Mr Obama, in his statement, agreed with France and the UK in insisting that the conditions, including a ceasefire and acceptance of humanitarian assistance into Libya, were “not negotiable” following the passage of a UN Security Council resolution authorising force against Colonel Gaddafi’s regime…
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