of 22 members of the arab

union, 11 were present at the

voting.

Amr Moussa, arab league chief,

critized the us lead air strike for
Full Arab support is a "myth" the military invasion as opposed
to the no-fly zone, which they
had asked for.

allowed "all necessary measures"

to protect civilians

Qaddafi ruled Libya for over 40 years after having up to this point 1700 civilians Resolution 1973
overthrown King Idris. He establish the Libyan
lost their lives No-fly zone specific exclusion of "foreign
Arab Republic
occupation force of any form"

Most State Revenues were generated out of oil SECURITY COUNCIL resolutions arms embargo
revenues

Qaddafi has amassed a large fortune

war crime prosecutions Resolution 1970 arms embargo

Citizens took up arms to defend

Qaddafi supported the Idea of an pan-African National Antecedents
themselves, but the opposition was
"United States of Africa" Peaceful protests in February Violent Crackdown disorganized Qaddafi targeted civilians Opposition appealed for a no-fly zone The West instituted a No-Fly Zone

Both opposition and Qaddafi

forces use civilian vehicles and
Crisis in Libya are hard to distinguish from the
air, meaning that you need good
ground intelligence

Western troops may not be

lack military training
welcomed
Ground troops problems
US bombing 1986 International African Union forces may be
influenced by Qaddafi for he
lifted in 2003 UN sanctions 1993 financed them in the past

Qaddafi ended his nuclear weapons program The arab league is hardly
representative of good
governance