Category: NATOSource

Libya stalemate leaves NATO without “Plan B”

By  Jonathan Marcus, the BBC

From Jonathan Marcus, the BBC:  [L]ong-time Nato analyst Prof Sean Kay is worried about just such a post-Gaddafi scenario.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 11

By NATO

NATO strike damages North Korean embassy: Libyan TV

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Libya’s state television said on Thursday a NATO air strike damaged the DPRK embassy in the capital Tripoli without giving more details.

Poland’s foreign minister makes unexpected trip to Libya

By thenews.pl

From thenews.pl:  Poland’s foreign minister Radek Sikorski has made a previously unannounced trip to the Libyan rebel-controlled city of Benghazi.

NATO Chief: “solidarity in NATO is a real two-way street”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Just like Afghanistan, Libya is a strong demonstration of NATO’s resolve.

NATO leaders in Brussels choosing list of targets to hit in Libya

By NATO

Robert Ellsworth, former congressman and Amb. to NATO, dies at 84

By Emma Brown, the Washington Post

From Emma Brown, the Washington Post:  Robert F. Ellsworth, a Kansas Republican who served in Congress during the 1960s and then had a long career as a senior statesman in Washington, first in the Nixon and Ford administrations

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 10

By NATO

SACEUR: Libya op shows a robust NATO

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  Since NATO took over the Libyan mission at the end of March (see my earlier blog for a description of the mission), we have launched almost 6,000 total aircraft sorties.

NATO steps up attacks in Libya; rebels report gains

By Michael Birnbaum and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post

From Michael Birnbaum and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post:  NATO carried out its most forceful attacks in weeks in Libya on Tuesday