Category: NATOSource

Turkey not game to back NATO

By Abby Phillip, POLITICO

From Abby Phillip, POLITICO:  Since taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama has made it a priority to cultivate a stronger American alliance with Turkey

Behind NATO’s agreement on Libya, friction remains

By Ian Traynor and Julian Borger, the Guardian

NATO takes command of “the whole military operation in Libya”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO Allies have decided to take on the whole military operation in Libya under the United Nations Security Council Resolution.

Italy to propose joint plan with Germany on Libya

By Philip Pullela, Reuters

From Philip Pullela, Reuters:  Italy will propose that it and Germany back a joint plan on Libya that involves a ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor and exile for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said.

NATO Secretary General’s statement on Libya no-fly zone

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We are taking action as part of the broad international effort to protect civilians against the attacks by the Gaddafi regime.

“Serious cyber attack” targets EU’s Commission and diplomatic service

By the BBC

From the BBC:  The EU has reported a "serious" cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve [3/23] of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC.

Why is Obama’s Libya war coalition the smallest in decades?

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  President Barack Obama has touted his emphasis on multilateralism in the U.S. military intervention in Libya, but, for political, operational, and legal reasons, Obama’s "coalition of the willing" is smaller than any major multilateral operation since the end of the Cold War.

US considers more firepower to hit Gadhafi forces

By Richard Lardner, the AP

From Richard Lardner, the AP:  Even after a week of U.S.-led air strikes, forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are a potent threat to civilians, say Pentagon officials who are considering expanding the firepower and airborne surveillance systems in the military campaign.

Libya Op run from hi-tech NATO command center in Italy

By Sloboda Lekic, the AP

From Sloboda Lekic, the AP:  Canadian Gen. Charles Bouchard will be in charge of both the air campaign and the naval task force implementing an arms embargo, a NATO official said.

Libya Soundbites: Head of the French military, Adm. Gortney, former SACEUR, etc.

By Reuters

From Reuters:  France said the war could drag on for weeks. "I doubt that it will be days," Admiral Edouard Guillaud, the head of French armed forces, told France Info radio. "I think it will be weeks. I hope it will not take months."