UK Considers Libya No-Fly Zone
Al Jazeera reports:
David Cameron, the British prime minister, has said the international community cannot let Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi "murder" his own people, as he justified considerations for a no-fly zone over the riot-torn country.
"It's not acceptable that Colonel Gaddafi can be murdering his own people, using aeroplanes and helicopters gunships ... and we have to plan now to make sure that if it happens we can do something to stop that," he said on Tuesday.
"If he starts taking that sort of action we might need to have a no-fly zone in place very quickly."
His comments come as Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief meets Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Nato secretary-general in Brussels, the Belgian capital, over the situation in Libya.
Cameron said he had asked the ministry of defence to work with its allies over plans for a no-fly zone over Libya, a move that would see fighter jets used to patrol and shoot down Libyan aircraft ordered to attack protesters.
He added that the government would consider arming opposition groups fighting in Libya.
"If helping the opposition would somehow bring that about it is certainly something we should be considering," he said.
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