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Qatar Conference Plans International Help for Libyan Rebels
Date: 4/13/2011 7:29:40 AM Sender: VOA
Qatar Conference Plans International Help for Libyan Rebels

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (R) stands next to Qatari Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (L) as they pose for a group photograph alongside other top delegates in the Qatari capital Doha where the international contact group meeting on Libya is being held on April 13, 2011


Western and Arab diplomats meeting in Doha have defended international military efforts in Libya and pledged to offer monetary, political and humanitarian support for the Libyan opposition.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Wednesday the international community＇s actions to protect Libyan civilians caught in the country＇s bloody conflict are "necessary, legal and right." An international alliance has been providing military support through airstrikes led by NATO.

A spokesman for the rebels＇ Transitional National Council told delegates NATO is not doing enough to protect civilians.  However, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the international community had taken "decisive action."

Diplomats from around the world are meeting in Qatar to try to coordinate an international aid response to the Libyan people.

Hague said that the goals of the group are to maintain pressure on the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, develop peace-building efforts and financially support those Libyans working toward democracy.

Former Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa, who fled to Britain, will be in Qatar to advise the group.

In Berlin Wednesday, Germany expelled five Libyan diplomats for allegedly intimidating Libyan citizens living in the country.  Germany＇s foreign ministry said the five must leave the country within a week.

On Tuesday, both France and Britain urged the NATO alliance to intensify airstrikes against government forces attacking civilians.

NATO rejected the French and British criticism. Brigadier General Mark Van Uhm said Tuesday the alliance is "doing a great job" and protecting civilians with the assets it possesses.

NATO took over command of the operation over Libya from the U.S. on March 31. The alliance has been enforcing a U.N.-authorized "no fly" zone aimed at protecting civilians under attack by Mr. Gadhafi＇s forces. It is also conducting airstrikes in Libya.

Government forces pummeled Misrata with rockets Tuesday, as witnesses reported casualties.  Heavy fighting raged in Ajdabiya, the last large city on the road to the opposition＇s eastern stronghold of Benghazi.

A NATO spokesman said Tuesday that alliance aircraft destroyed five tanks close to Misrata that were threatening the civilian population there.

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