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UN Secretary General calls for unity as coalition suffers a wobble

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The UN-backed no-fly zone is now in place - yet those who called for it are now finding it difficult to agree with each other. On Sunday, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa appeared to criticise the coalition's strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's regime in Libya, although by Monday, he appeared to be back on side.

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LIBYA

by Anonyme - 26/03/2011 - 06:29

The problem in LIBYA is a problem of LIbyans .

The rebels are armed and though they shall be stopped . And brought into peacefull protests and not agressive armed terrorist actions as those being taken.

the oil of Libya is LIbyan and no country should robbed like pirates killing peoples and placing trained puppets to rule libia and therefore to control their oil .

This action is by the rules of law and justice an assault with deadly weapons , an armed robbery of oil through puppets well paid . This actions will inreversible create the so well known criminal activity that the europeans and usa live daily .

The systems of justice clearly state that an armed robbery and killing to do so is a punishable crime with the dead penalty .

the indepemdence , and sovereignity of every country shall be respected .

Socialist Union Of Independent And Sovereign Monarchies and Countries .

Saleem Coira Story Baillie -- Commander In Chief.

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