On air on at 1100GMT: How is Colonel Gadaffi still in power?
| 10:22 UK time, Tuesday, 21 June 2011
This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 21 June 2011. You can listen to it here.
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Twice in two days Nato airstrikes have seemingly killed civilians in Libya, meaning the campaign is coming under fresh scrutiny. The Libyan regime was keen to capitalise on rifts developing in the alliance and took journalists to see the damage and bodies.
"NATO's credibility is at risk," Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg. "We cannot run the risk of killing civilians. This is not good at all."
As cracks appear in the Nato coalition, the White House issaying it would send a "bad message" at a time when Muammar Gaddafi's days were "numbered."
British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama have been saying for weeks that his days are numbered, but still he clings on.
Tripolitanian Libyan tweets
Maybe if #Gaddafi would stop using human shields, there would be less #NATO civilian casualties? but when did he ever care about civilians.
IbnOmar2005
Ya NATO strikes today may have killed 2. if NATO didnt get involved, headlines instead would be: #Gaddafi hangs hundreds, thousands missing
Ochieng on Facebook
We want him to stay in Libya forever, Gaddafi is a Libyan hero, the only leader who can say no to the Europeans manipulations.
Yesterdayafter initial pledges hadn't been delivered.
Meanwhile the head of Britain's airforce has come out and said that the RAF's ability to deal with future emergencies is under threat if British intervention in Libya continues beyond September.
Away from the bombings the diplomacy continues. Rebel leaders have travelled to China for talks with the Beijing government. They are expected to discuss bringing to an end the crisis in Libya, where China has oil interests.
How is Col Gaddafi still in power, when faced with such an intense bombing campaign over three months? Is he, and the Libyan regime, benefiting from pressures Nato is facing?
