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Originally Posted by aceventura3
...The UN passed a resolution basically for a no fly zone, it can easily be argued that the resolution has already been violated.....
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Not quite right, ace.
In addition to authorizing the No-Fly Zone, the resolution authorized "protecting civilians" ("to take all necessary measures...to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory), enforcing the arms embargo, freezing assets...
Security Council Approves ‘No-Fly Zone’ over Libya, Authorizing ‘All Necessary Measures’ to Protect Civilians, by Vote of 10 in Favour with 5 Abstentions