US and BRITS READY TO PLUNDER OIL FROM LIBYA

Libyan opposition leaders to get advice from UK military
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/04/libyan-opposition-leaders-adviceBritish

This move comes as Tripoli says it has accepted a peace initiative put forward by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez
By Patrick Wintour and Richard Norton-Taylor
Guardian.co.uk, Friday 4 March 2011

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Military intervention even when Tripoli accepted peace initiative

The move is a clear intervention on the ground to bolster the anti-Gaddafi uprising, learn more about its leadership, and see what logistical support it needs.It came as Libya's deputy foreign minister, Khaled Kaim, said that Tripoli had accepted a peace initiative put forward by Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez, which was heavily criticised by the White House. Kaim said it stated that a committee would be formed by African, Asian and Latin American countries "to help the international dialogue and to help the restoration of peace and stability".

It does not matter if oil prices is rising food prices n chances for social distress

Meanwhile the international development minister Alan Duncan warned the price of crude oil could hit $250 a barrel due to the unrest in the Middle East. That would send the UK price of a litre of petrol to more than £2, he tells the Times.

It doesn't matter either if UN has not authorized the use of froce

Ambassadors representing the 28 Nato countries instructed military commanders to plan for what an alliance spokesperson described as "all eventualities". However, the spokesman said no "operational steps" had been taken and the UN security council had not authorised the use of force.

The US is pressing to get the UN resolution in favor of plundering Libya's oil

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato's secretary general, has made it clear that, in his view, a no-fly zone would require a specific UN resolution. The decision to draw up contingency plans was not officially announced, because of the sensitivity surrounding an issue on which the alliance is far from united.

Robert Gates made clear that the purpose of a no-fly sone is to destroy Libya air defences

The decision to task Nato commanders with contingency planning was taken despite serious reservations expressed by Robert Gates, shared by British military chiefs. "Let's just call a spade a spade. A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defences ... and then you can fly planes around the country and not worry about our guys being shot down," Gates said earlier this week. However, President Barak Obama subsequently said he was placing US military assets near Libya to ensure he had the "full capacity to act" if the situation deteriorated further. But the government has placed on alert air, sea and ground forces that could quickly intervene in the conflict if ordered to do so.

The Brits are also ready to invade Libya

Typhoon jets would be deployed to RAF Akrotiri in one of the two sovereign base areas in Cyprus, while 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland – the Black Watch – is on 24 hours' notice to help in evacuation and humanitarian operations, defence officials said.

Meanwhile British naked piracy

Meanwhile, a ship understood to contain £100m worth of Libyan dinars has been seized and escorted into Harwich docks in Essex by the UK Border Agency boat Vigilant, the Home Office said. It returned after failing to dock at Tripoli. She was tracked by British authorities and intercepted off the coast. The chancellor, George Osborne, froze Gaddafi's £900m of UK-based assets last Sunday.

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REUTER NEWS: GADDAFI TOOK CONTROL OF LIBYA OIL ON FRIDAY
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/05/us-libya-protests-idUSTRE71G0A620110305
By Mohammed Abbas

AJDABIYAH, Libya | Fri Mar 4, 2011 9:53pm EST

AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's forces captured part of a town in western Libya on Friday... The fighting appeared to confirm the division of the oil-producing desert state into a western area round the capital Tripoli held by forces loyal to Gaddafi and an eastern region held by those rebelling against his four-decade rule.

In Zawiyah, a town 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli whose controled by the rebels... Rebel fighters retreated but were still holding the central Martyrs Square later in the day, a rebel spokesman said.

A Libyan government official said the town had fallen. "It's been liberated, maybe there are still some pockets (under rebel control) but otherwise it's been liberated."

A rebel spokesman said pro-Gaddafi forces bombed an arms depot -- one of the biggest weapons stores in the region -- on the outskirts of Benghazi on Friday.