The international community delivered strong reactions to Libya over the weekend. While the U.K. stripped the Gadhafi familiy of their diplomatic status, the United Nations’ security council imposed a travel ban and asset freezes on Gadhafi. Meanwhile President Obama – who has been accused by some of dragging his heels on the matter – signed an executive order blocking transactions with Libya. While British aircraft continued to pull out people from remote areas, several countries mulled over imposing a ‘no-fly’ zone over the country to prevent move civilian deaths.
Professor George Joffe, expert on North Africa at Cambridge University, discusses the importance of these sanctions, and Marie Colvin, foreign affairs correspondent for the British Sunday Times, reports from the ground in Tripoli.
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