NATO plans for all Libya 'eventualities' [war]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is laying out plans to tackle "all eventualities" in the Libyan crisis in case the UN calls on it to intervene.
“I would like to stress that NATO does not have any intention to intervene. But as a defense alliance and security organization, we do prudent planning for all eventualities,” Xinhua news agency quoted NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen as saying in Brussels on Thursday. The alliance chief noted that "That planning takes place within the framework of the UN Security Council resolution."
The US and its allies have on many occasions pushed through resolutions in the UN Security Council in efforts to intervene in different countries and regions of the world. Rasmussen also said that NATO officials "take note" of a request from the Libyan opposition to launch airstrikes against mercenaries hired by Muammar Gaddafi. On Wednesday, Gaddafi warned of a "bloodbath" and a "very long war" in Libya if the West decides to take direct military action against his regime.
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