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Obama, Cameron pledge to keep up pressure on Libya
The leaders of the US and Britain have pledged on Tuesday to keep up the pressure on Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, until he fully complied with UN resolutions.
Responding to the revolts sweeping the Arab world, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron said that they would not stand by as protesters' aspirations were crushed in what they described as “a hail of bombs, bullets and mortar fire."
The leaders said this in a joint article in the Times newspaper.
Protecting protesters
"We are reluctant to use force but when our interests and values come together, we know that we have a responsibility to act. This is why we mobilised the international community to protect the Libyan people from Col. Gaddafi's regime. We have degraded his war machine and prevented a humanitarian catastrophe. And we will continue to enforce the UN resolutions with our allies until they are completely complied with," the two leaders said.
NATO countries, led by Britain, France and the US, have enforced a UN-authorised no-fly zone over Libya, inflicting severe damage on Gaddafi's military as he tries to stave off a revolt.
UN Security Council, establishing the no-fly zone, calls for a ceasefire, an end to attacks on civilians, respect for human rights and efforts to meet Libyans' aspirations.
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