ALLIED FORCES HAVE agreed to step up military pressure on Libya and send rebels money to continue their fight, following a meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday.
Cameron vowed to “leave no stone unturned, militarily, diplomatically, politically, to enforce the UN resolution, to put real pressure on Gaddafi and to stop the appalling murder of civilians that he is still carrying out as you’ve shown on our television screens in Misrata and elsewhere in Libya”, Al Jazeera reports.
Meanwhile, the US has also condemned “renewed atrocities” by Col Muammar Gaddafi’s forces within the country. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that government snipers had been targeting ”civilians seeking medical assistance” and added that “thousands of civilians are being forced out of their homes by regime attacks with tanks and artillery”, reports the BBC.
“In recent days, we have received disturbing reports of renewed atrocities conducted by Gaddafi’s forces,” Clinton said, saying that Gaddafi’s troops had cut off water and power to civilians in the city of Misrata in an attempt to force them to surrender. However, she said that the international community would continue to “speak in one voice in support of a transition that leads to a brighter future for the Libyan people.”
NATO foreign ministers are due to meet in Berlin today to discuss a way forward on Libya.
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