LONDON - It tightens the circle around the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. The U.S. president Barack Obama has signed a series of sanctions against Libya, including the freezing of assets of the Rais and his family deposited in the United States. The executive order comes into effect immediately and affects, in addition to the colonel, four of his joint: Ayesha, an Army general, Khamis; Mutassim, national security adviser and Saif al-Islam. Friday Libyan leader urged his supporters to take up arms against the protesters in a country put on fire, where the victims were already many thousands, "We will fight and win. If it were necessary, open all deposits of all weapons to arm the people, "he said in his first public statement since the beginning of the revolt. Saif al-Islam, son of Rais, however, has opened a door to dialogue : the opposition has proposed to suspend attacks and enter into negotiations.
The U.S. President, Barack Obama, said he was convinced that Gaddafi, "he must go now ' because it has lost the legitimacy to govern. He did find a note with the White House. The position is the hardest, never taken so far by the U.S.. Obama spoke in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. "The President pointed out," the statement said, "that when the only tool that a leader uses to stay in power is the use of mass violence against his people, he has lost the legitimacy to govern and must do what is right for the nation by becoming '.
BAN KI-MOON: "ACTIVE ROLE IN ITALY" - continuous support and active role of Italy for the decisive action be taken to resolve the crisis in Libya: he has asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. According to reports in a press service spokesman of the UN, "in his telephone call with Prime Minister Berlusconi, the Secretary-General discussed the options available to resolve the crisis and called for continued support of Italy and his active role for decisive action. " Ban also spoke by phone with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
The Franco-British resolution on sanctions
UN RESOLUTION - Friday also United Nations Security Council has reached agreement . A draft resolution circulating among the fifteen member countries assess sanctions including an arms embargo, travel the rais and the blocking of its assets. The Council must take "decisive measures" to that effect, said the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon: "The violence must end, those who pay with the blood of innocent brutality must be punished. A waste of time means a loss of human lives. " The draft resolution also Gaddafi warns that violence could be considered as crimes against humanity. The UN Human Rights Council calls for the withdrawal of Libya from its ranks and an independent investigation into the violence, while the European Union may institute an arms embargo, asset freeze and visa ban against Gaddafi and his entourage. "defected or process" - But the colonel is activated early in the hope of saving his immense wealth. According to the Times would be able to hide in a £ 3 billion of private equity funds in Mayfair (upmarket London), thanks to a contractor based in Switzerland who had first approached a well-known investment with the City the objective of the funds deposited there but had been blocked. The Treasury British unleashed his hounds to identify the Libyan capital hidden in the country billions of pounds in bank accounts, as well as a villa in Hampstead assessed 10 million. From Britain, and in particular from the Guardian newspaper , comes another news that the British authorities WOULD BE contacting leading figures in the Libyan regime to persuade Gaddafi to give up and thus to avoid a trial for crimes against humanity. Would be put in place contingency plans to evacuate the British Embassy in Tripoli, but the Foreign Office has denied a seat in the closing weekend. The former Libyan Interior Minister Abdel Fattah Yunis, in an interview on TV Al Arabiya, called on the army to join the revolt of the people immediately, because "it gave us the conditions to win this battle." And how did other diplomats in recent days, including the Libyan ambassador in Iran has called Gaddafi leaves the power: "It will give a sign of courage, the people can lead the country."
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