Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Former Libyan Diplomat On His Defection and Call For Intensification of NATO Operations



"NATO intervention in Libya has been ongoing for four weeks and the country appears locked in a military stalemate. We are joined by Ibrahim Dabbashi, the Libyan deputy ambassador to the United Nations who defected after Gaddafi’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and now represents the Transitional National Council of Libya. “[Gaddafi] is leaving,” says Dabbashi, “but how long he will stay in power is the question. ... If the operations of NATO intensify with the coming back of the U.S. I think it will take only some weeks. But if it continues at the same level it is now I think it will take months.”...."

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