Naval buildup of Libya's coast.

ekrem

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Turkey Mounts Biggest Evacuation in Its History to Rescue 5,000 From Libya - Bloomberg

Libya has rejected increased Evacuation flights by plane.
They only let the planes into Libya from the normal schedule plan.
No further planes are allowed and all Airports except the airport in capital Tripoli are closed.

So far, there have been 5,099 Turks evacuated from the 25,000 Turks in Libya.
A 27 year old Turk has been shot dead by a sniper near Tripoli:
Davutolu: Libya'da bir Trk hayatn kaybetti - Hrriyet Dnya
 
Well if Libya goes anarchic, I have no doubt (and no problem either) if a MULTINATIONAL force steps in to maintain order.

But I would caution the rest of the world that once we send in troops to restore order then we are on the hook to stay there until the people of Libya can work out their own problems.

This sounds like a good job for TURKEY.

They have the forces, they are Moslems and they don't appear to have any designs on controlling the place.
 
It helps that "dar is oil in dem dar hills!" The World cannot afford to let the oil stop coming from the largest proven reserves in North Africa.

According to official trade data, in 2008 the majority of Libyan oil exports were sold to European countries like Italy (523,000 barrels a day), Germany (210,000 barrels a day), Spain (104,000 barrels a day) and France (137,000 barrels a day).
The US Energy Information Administration estimates the United States imported an average of 102,000 barrels of oil a day from Libya in 2008, up from 56,000 barrels a day in 2005.


Libyan oil: where does it go? - Channel 4 News
 
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This sounds like a good job for TURKEY.
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Turkey would only intervene when the security of the still remaining 20.000 Turks in Libya becomes risky.
The Libyans are slowing down the evacuation by closing down their Airports outside of Tripoli.
The evacuation proceeds by Sea.

The Italian FM estimates deaths in Libya at 1.000.

CNN Turk also reports about the additional 3 Frigates, which are on its way to Libya:
cnnturk.com

The Army can lift 40-50.000 soldiers at short notice by air.
LINK: Turkish General Staff
At a short notice, Turkish Army can deploy an Army Corps of 40 (forty) or 50.000 (fifty thousand) troops to conduct joint operations.
It can deploy a force consisting of six battalions to distant targets in a very short time by day and night air-landed operations.
The Navy also has immense landing capabilities, but the ships need about 20 hours to travel to Libya.

We would need to capture a Libyan Airport so that fast evacuation can be done by commercial Airplanes if Turkish citizens become a target.
The Airforce would need to open Airspace above a Libyan Airport.

I don't know, if the F-16's can reach Libya.
But we have Stratotankers and with them the Airforce can reach any point in the world.
(They are not in Libya)
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I'm sure with a few tankers doing laps over the Mediteranian your 16's would do just fine.

I think a "No fly zone" should be implemented over Libya and any Libyan military aircraft that breaks it should be shot down in order to protect the citizens. Would be great if the UN took some bold moves here.
 
The Airports need to be opened.
The Russians also evacuate by ferries.
 
It's not yet over, but the State has done so far an excellent job in evacuating the citizens from Libya.
About 7.100 people have been evacuated so far.
 
The Brit frigate is there to evacuate its citizens, and some Americans. The Brits and Americans are pooling resources to get their citizens out. YAY for that 'special relationship... surviving despite Obama's best efforts to destroy it.
 
From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli...
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U.N. rights chief: World should 'step in' to end Libya crisis
A string of protests - Uprisings throughout the Middle East have followed the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. Protesters call for more freedom, an end to political arrests, better housing conditions and democratic elections. Some regimes have clamped down on the movements; other demonstrations have been tolerated. The United States calls on leaders of the region to listen to their people and to change.
The U.N.'s top human rights official said Friday that reports of mass killings of thousands in Libya should spur the international community to "step in vigorously" to end the crackdown against anti-government protesters in the North African country. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay urged the U.N. Human Rights Council to use all means possible to establish an independent panel to investigate the alleged abuses by Libyan security forces and hold those responsible to account. European nations were leading the effort to condemn the crackdown ordered by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime, order a U.N.-led investigation into possible crimes against humanity and propose suspending Libya from the council.

"The crackdown in Libya of peaceful demonstrations is escalating alarmingly with reported mass killings, arbitrary arrests, detention and torture of protesters," Pillay told the U.N.'s top human rights body. "Tanks, helicopters and military aircraft have reportedly been used indiscriminately to attack the protesters. According to some sources, thousands may have been killed or injured." It was only last May that the former U.S. enemy was elected to the 47-nation Human Rights Council as part of a series of attempts at political rehabilitation on the world stage. Gadhafi, who has ruled for 42 years, now appears to have lost control of large parts of the country. Pillay reminded the council that Gadhafi had urged his supporters to battle protesters and "attack them in their lairs," which she called a possible crime against humanity.

She said "any official, at any level, ordering or carrying out atrocities and attacks can be held criminally accountable." It is the first time that the Geneva-based council has held a special session to scrutinize one of its members. Libya's ambassador did not attend. Nigeria's ambassador, Charles Nduka Onianwa, said for the African group of council members that "it is obvious ... that the indiscriminate use of force against peaceful protesters should be condemned." Pakistan's ambassador, Zamir Akram, said the 57 members of the Organization of The Islamic Conference "strongly condemn the excessive use of force" in Libya. "Muslims will no longer tolerate inequalities and injustice," he told the council. "A new dawn has come. The rules of the game have changed. Those who do not embrace it will be swept away."

Gadhafi's response to the uprising in his country has been the harshest by any Arab leader in the wave of protests that has swept the Middle East recently, toppling the presidents of Libya's neighbors Egypt and Tunisia. But observers of the Human Rights Council say African and Asian nations are wary of setting too strong a precedent that could be used against other human rights abusing regimes in future.

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The Brit frigate is there to evacuate its citizens, and some Americans. The Brits and Americans are pooling resources to get their citizens out. YAY for that 'special relationship... surviving despite Obama's best efforts to destroy it.

What an ignorant, illiterate comment.
 
whats surprising is after weeks of the Tunisian- Egyptian fracas ( well a month now ) , we still don't have a Carrier Air grp. in the vicinity.....frankly, aside from surprising, its almost criminal.
 

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