Muammar Gaddafi is hoping

artappraiser — Sun, 15 May 2011 02:17:42 +0000

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Muammar Gaddafi is hoping that a 'dignified' exit will halt air strikes
Libyan dictator plans a gradual transition from autocratic rule, say officials, as ICC arrest warrant is prepared

By Martin Chulov in Tripoli, Guardian.co.uk, May 14, 2011

From his hiding place in Tripoli, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is desperately trying to pave a way for an exit from public life.

Sources say the veteran autocrat's grand plan is to retire to a godfather-like role in the nation he has ruled for more than 40 years and then allow institutions to grow that will eventually replace his hold on power.

This, he hopes, will convince Nato to stop its two-month campaign of almost nightly air strikes, which have decimated Libya's military and defences and reinforced a rebellion that is steadily eroding the country's power base.

Interviews with four regime members have confirmed that Gaddafi knows his time is up. "But he isn't going to run away to Venezuela," one official said. "He wants to.....

Meanwhile, the U.S. War

artappraiser — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:54:58 +0000

In reply to Captive Soldiers Tell of Discord in Libyan Army

Meanwhile, the U.S. War Powers Resolution expiration for Libya is this coming Friday:

At Deadline, U.S. Seeks to Continue War in Libya
By Charlie Savage and Thom Shanker, New York Times, May 12/13, 2011

WASHINGTON — President Obama and his legal advisers are deliberating about how the United States military may lawfully continue participating in NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya after next week, when the air war will reach a legal deadline for terminating combat operations that have not been authorized by Congress.

Under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a president must terminate such operations 60 days after he has formally notified lawmakers about the introduction of armed forces into actual or imminent hostilities. The Libya campaign will reach that mark on May 20.....

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Muammar Gaddafi is hoping

Meanwhile, the U.S. War