Sarkozy takes risk on Libya

On 10 March 2011 France became the first big western power to offer official recognition to the Libyan opposition. It also discussed with its international allies launching targeted air strikes on airfields controlled by Muammer Gaddafi’s regime, assuming the UN Security Council passed a resolution authorising military intervention.

ESO: Background information: Alarm over plans for Libya no-fly zone http://www.europeansources.info/record/alarm-over-plans-for-libya-no-fly-zone/

PressEurop, 29.3.11: French intellectuals debate intervention http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/574211-french-intellectuals-debate-intervention

EUObserver, 11.3.11: France: Libya could become a second Somalia http://euobserver.com/9/31970

EUObserver, 10.3.11: France alienates fellow EU countries on Libya http://euobserver.com/9/31961

EurActiv, 11.3.11: France breaks ranks on Libya, dwarfs EU's Ashton http://www.euractiv.com/global-europe/france-breaks-ranks-libya-dwarfs-news-503003

Spiegel Online International, 11.3.11: Sarkozy's Libya Move 'Shows Testosterone Level, Not Logic' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,750344,00.html

BBC News, 10.3.11: Libya: France recognises rebels as government http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12699183

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