Persian Realm

US&Russia want more details of any proposed flight restrictrict

 US and Russia are both known to want more details of any proposed flight restrictions.

And the grand prize goes to…..

Of course, no one else but the Arab league deserves the grand prize for staying impotence regarding this crime and yet send their troops to Bahrain to deal with the peaceful opposition.

Of course, the West should be sharing this grand prize with the Arab league as they are

1- the enablers and grand supporters of the Arab league (dictators)

2- It is their weapon that is killing the opposition

3- beside a few rhetoric, have stayed mostly on the side line

Mehrdad

G8 fails to agree on no-fly zone (bbc)

G8 fails to agree on no-fly zone (bbc)

G8 foreign ministers meeting in Paris have warned Libyan leader Col Gaddafi he could face "dire consequences" but have failed to agree to a no-fly zone.

Germany and Russia were said to oppose British and French plans aimed at halting the advance of Col Gaddafi's forces against rebels in the East.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned of a risk of being "sucked into a war in North Africa".

France said it expected a UN resolution backing the rebels this week.

In their final communique, the group of eight world powers warned the Libyan leader to "respect the legitimate claim of the Libyan people to fundamental rights, freedom of expression, and a representative form of government".

At the weekend, the Arab League backed calls for a no-fly zone although French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe accepted that efforts at the G8 to had failed to achieve broad agreement.

The US and Russia are both known to want more details of any proposed flight restrictions.

Interesting comments by John Simpson about an Iranian exile's

Interesting comments by John Simpson in the link posted below about being criticized by an Iranian exile in London recently for his reports for the BBC on the Iranian Revolution of 79.

Also on the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution and how it also reproduced the same pattern in Iran's Islamic Revolution as well as when Gaddafi took power in 1969.

John Simpson in Libya Reports (AUDIO)

John Simpson in Libya

FYI/ Italy blocks ferry fleeing Libya (bbc)

Italy has prevented a ferry carrying 1,800 people, mainly Moroccans fleeing the fighting in Libya, from docking in Sicily.

The ship had sailed from Tripoli and asked for permission to refuel on the island after being refused entry to Malta, Italian media said.

Meanwhile, 41 people are feared drowned after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Tunisia, UN officials say.

Five were rescued by another boat heading to the island of Lampedusa.

Since Monday, 21 boats have arrived on the Italian island from Tunisia carrying 1,600 migrants.