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Tension
in Libya as question of foreign intervention looms
Wednesday March 02, 2011 05:12:53 PM,
DPA
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Tripoli/Cairo: Tension
ran high in the Libyan capital Tripoli Wednesday as protesters
undergoing military training in the east of the country said they
would march on the city and the possibility of foreign
intervention loomed.
A fuel tanker also exploded in Tripoli early Wednesday. Amidst the
panic, residents clashed with foreign reporters at the scene,
forcing some of them back to their hotel, Al Jazeera reported.
It was not yet clear whether the fuel truck's explosion was an
intentional act or an accident.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his security forces remain
largely in control of the city, after losing the eastern part of
the country to protesters.
The eastern city Ajdabiya reportedly remained under the control of
the protesters Wednesday despite airstrikes by Gaddafi's security
forces.
In the city of Benghazi, protesters undergoing military training
at makeshift camps said they planned to march on Tripoli.
The leaders of the camps say there are around 5,000 volunteers
being trained, according to Al Jazeera.
Reports that two US warships passed through the Suez Canal into
the Mediterranean escalated concerns regarding foreign
intervention in Libya.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the ships were being sent
for possible humanitarian efforts, and warned that "all of the
options beyond the humanitarian assistance and evacuation are
complex".
The Arab League was due to meet in Cairo Wednesday to put out a
statement rejecting any foreign military intervention in Libya.
The League suspended Libya's membership last month over Gaddafi's
violent crackdowns on protesters.
Many Libyan opposition members, including the Libyan National
Council in Benghazi, say they want to overthrow Gaddafi on their
own, without any foreign military assistance.
Encouraged by widespread anti-government demonstrations throughout
the Arab world, Libyan protesters took to the streets Feb 15 to
demand Gaddafi's departure.
Gaddafi's violent crackdown on the protesters has elicited
international condemnation, including sanctions by the European
Union and the US.
The Libyan leader, who has been in power for nearly 42 years, says
he is determined to remain in the country and claims the protests
were incited by foreign agents.
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