Qatar, Emirates to join Libya air strikes: diplomat

[Turborama]

Source: AFP

NEW YORK — Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will join international forces set to bomb Moamer Khadhafi's forces in Libya after the UN votes to authorize air strikes, a UN diplomat said Thursday.

"There will be participation by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. That has been confirmed at the Security Council," the diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said just ahead of the council's vote on authorizing force.

Thursday, the head of the Arab League delegation to the UN, Yahya Mahmassani, said the two countries might take part in raids, but that he could not confirm this.

Earlier, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said "there are excellent reasons to think that there will be participation by Arab countries."


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[aquart]

1. Holy shit.

[Blacksheep214]

2. Now this is an interesting coalition!

It's time to test the new toys for real. Has Qatar or the UAE ever engaged in combat operations?

[joshcryer]

3. Nice find.

[JCMach1]

4. So they can kill and repress the populace in Bahrain, but they are good to go

in Libya...

The hypocrisy stinks.

[Downwinder]

5. Lets see if Saudi Arabia participates.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

6. the Saudi airforce is a flying club with F-15's

[Downwinder]

8. Hope they have improved since 1964.

[joshcryer]

7. You think Bahrain is comparable to Libya?

Guess again. When Bahrain does escalate to the level of Libya then we can talk.

[JCMach1]

13. killing and putting down peaceful protests

the scales can't be compared as Bahrain is so tiny.

[coyote]

9. Yeah I was thinking the same thing.

We certainly cannot have the oil fields in Libya as collateral damage.

[coyote]

10. Dupe! N/T

[Robbien]

11. Now comes the trademark US Shock and Awe. Poor, poor Libya

"All necessary measures"

Let the war on Libya commence

[pampango]

12. If Arab countries participate in the NFZ, "They're hypocritical". If they don't help,

"That proves that this is just a western effort to attack another Arab country."