U.N. Approves Military Action in Libya to Halt Qaddafi Attacks</NYT_HEADLINE><NYT_BYLINE>
By DAN BILEFSKY and KAREEM FAHIM
</NYT_BYLINE>Published: March 17, 2011
UNITED NATIONS ? The United Nations Security Council approved a measure on Thursday authorizing ?all necessary measures? to protect Libyan civilians from harm at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi.
The measure allows not only a no-fly zone but effectively any measures short of a ground invasion to halt attacks that might result in civilian fatalities. It comes as Colonel Qaddafi warned residents of Benghazi, Libya, the rebel capital, that an attack was imminent and promised lenient treatment for those who offered no resistance.
?We are coming tonight,? Colonel Qaddafi said. ?You will come out from inside. Prepare yourselves from tonight. We will find you in your closets.?
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By DAN BILEFSKY and KAREEM FAHIM
</NYT_BYLINE>Published: March 17, 2011
UNITED NATIONS ? The United Nations Security Council approved a measure on Thursday authorizing ?all necessary measures? to protect Libyan civilians from harm at the hands of forces loyal to Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi.
The measure allows not only a no-fly zone but effectively any measures short of a ground invasion to halt attacks that might result in civilian fatalities. It comes as Colonel Qaddafi warned residents of Benghazi, Libya, the rebel capital, that an attack was imminent and promised lenient treatment for those who offered no resistance.
?We are coming tonight,? Colonel Qaddafi said. ?You will come out from inside. Prepare yourselves from tonight. We will find you in your closets.?
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