*TeleSUR's special envoy to Libya, Reed Lindsay reported from the city of Benghazi (east) that groups opposed to Gaddafi reject foreign intervention and that don't want to be run by the United States (U.S.) and they do not want weapons.
**. "People* *here rejects foreign* *intervention, especially military intervention, do not want* *weapons (...) These are rebels but have won their territory peacefully and sacrificing their lives against Gaddafi's security forces," reported teleSUR sent from Benghazi.** * * * *"And it is out of question to receive any foreign troops or accept military bases to be set up on Libyan soil."Abdel Fattah Younes, the former interior minister and head of Special Forces in Libya, renounced his post last week and is now part of the opposition. Reports foreign military forces are preparing to enter the region was not met so favourably, however. "Gadhafi's air force is a serious threat to us," lawyer Nasser Bin Nour told the AP. "We will welcome a no-fly zone on Gadhafi's warplanes over the whole of Libya. The only thing we object to is foreign troops on Libyan soil." * http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/01/gadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach/ ** Gadhafi Keeps Bombing Own People; Senators Counsel Go-Slow Approach<http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/01/gadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach/> By: David Dayen <http://news.firedoglake.com/author/dday/> Tuesday March 1, 2011 9:00 am [image: Tweet]Tweet<http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/03/01/gadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach/#> Share <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.firedoglake.com%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2Fgadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach%2F&t=Gadhafi%20Keeps%20Bombing%20Own%20People%3B%20Senators%20Counsel%20Go-Slow%20Approach%20%7C%20FDL%20News%20Desk&src=sp> [image: digg]<http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.firedoglake.com%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2Fgadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach%2F&title=Gadhafi+Keeps+Bombing+Own+People%3B+Senators+Counsel+Go-Slow+Approach> [image: stumbleupon]<http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.firedoglake.com%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2Fgadhafi-keeps-bombing-own-people-senators-counsel-go-slow-approach%2F&title=Gadhafi+Keeps+Bombing+Own+People%3B+Senators+Counsel+Go-Slow+Approach> <http://news.firedoglake.com/?p=16737&akst_action=share-this> I havent been totally keeping up with events in Libya, but apparently Moammar Gadhafi has found some loyalists<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/world/africa/02libya.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>carry out his murderous schemes: With escalating hostilities bringing Libya closer to civil war, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafis forces struck back at his opponents on three fronts, with special forces, regular army troops and, rebels said, fighter jets. But the rebels dismissed the attacks Monday as ineffectual, and Colonel Qaddafi faced a growing international campaign to force him from power, as the Obama administration announced it had seized $30 billion in Libyan assets and the European Union adopted an arms embargo and other sanctions. As the Pentagon began repositioning Navy warships to support a possible humanitarian or military intervention, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly told the Libyan leader to surrender power now, without further violence or delay. The attacks by the colonels troops on an oil refinery in central Libya and on cities on either side of the country unsettled rebel leaders who have maintained that they are close to liberating the country and showed that despite defections by the military, the government may still possess powerful assets, including fighter pilots willing to bomb Libyan cities. Gadhafi sat down with ABC News<http://abcnews.go.com/International/christiane-amanpour-interviews-libyas-moammar-gadhafi/story?id=13019942>and pulled a Charlie Sheen, claiming that the people love me and would die to protect him. While Gadhafi continues to try to murder his own people, US and British forces moved closer to a showdown<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/28/us-military-gaddafi-libya>, including a potential military component. The contingency plans are in place for a no-fly zone at the very least, while Pentagon ships are in the area. But there is at least some opposition<http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/senate-republicans-dont-turn-libya-into-iraq.php>to the idea of an extended military commitment, and from some unlikely sources: *Dependent upon the method of delivery and what we decide to do we could decide to have a war in Libya to join the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN) told reporters, saying he opposed arming the Libyan resistance or imposing a no-fly zone. You know, people need to be very thoughtful about entering wars without a declaration and without much more congressional scrutiny of whats involved.* *Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters that a no-fly zone as part of a multinational effort could be effective, but warned that talk of arms shipments was very premature.* *Im not sure whos who yet, he said of the nascent movement to overthrow Muammar Qadaffi. Anything we can do to expedite his departure and get him off the world stage would be good, but you have to think these things through. One thing Ive learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, you have to think these things through.* *Graham and Lugar have their own reasons and I dont think they line up with my own. 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