Fears moment passed for Libya intervention

Article reports that the United Kingdom and France had lost all hope of launching military action to halt Muammer Gaddafi’s attack on rebels in Libya, according to senior European officials who acknowledge on the 15 March 2011 that the regime in Libya may be in a position to crush the uprising against it within weeks.

ESO: Background information: Sarkozy takes risk on Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/sarkozy-takes-risk-on-libya/

NATO: Press Release, 10.3.11: NATO ready to support international efforts on Libya http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_71446.htm?

BBC News, 15.3.11: Libya: G8 fails to agree on no-fly zone http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12747875

EUObserver, 14.3.11: Arab decision boosts prospect of EU military action in Libya http://euobserver.com/9/31982

EurActiv, 15.3.11: France and Germany clash over Libya no-fly zone http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/france-germany-clash-libya-fly-z-news-503090

La Repubblica, 17.3.11: Europe unties Gaddafi’s hands (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/556781-europe-unties-gaddafi-s-hands

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