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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 821100" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/24/the_united_states_and_its_allies_explore_legal_case_for_arming_the_libyan_rebels" target="_blank">(FP)</a>- In the rush to curtail Muammar al-Qaddafi’s military capacity to attack civilians in Libya, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on February 26 to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Libya. But the measure also unwittingly impeded the effort of the Western-backed rebels to fight Qaddafi’s forces.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Paragraph 9 of Resolution <a href="http://bit.ly/gQkvVX" target="_blank">1970</a> required all U.N. members to “immediately take the necessary measures” to bar the sale, supply or transfer of weapons, mercenaries, or other supplies to Libya. The arms embargo, which was adopted before the rebels had emerged as a potential threat to the regime, <strong>included no exemptions for Qaddafi’s foes.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 821100, member: 12952"] [INDENT][URL="http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/24/the_united_states_and_its_allies_explore_legal_case_for_arming_the_libyan_rebels"](FP)[/URL]- In the rush to curtail Muammar al-Qaddafi’s military capacity to attack civilians in Libya, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on February 26 to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Libya. But the measure also unwittingly impeded the effort of the Western-backed rebels to fight Qaddafi’s forces. Paragraph 9 of Resolution [URL="http://bit.ly/gQkvVX"]1970[/URL] required all U.N. members to “immediately take the necessary measures” to bar the sale, supply or transfer of weapons, mercenaries, or other supplies to Libya. The arms embargo, which was adopted before the rebels had emerged as a potential threat to the regime, [B]included no exemptions for Qaddafi’s foes.[/B] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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