Obama Says No Let-Up in Libya Until Qaddafi Is Gone
Along with English Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama committed Friday to pursuing military action in Libya until Qaddafi has been removed, reported The Guardian UK. Just days after agreeing to intervention in Libya, the US had handed control to NATO and withdrawn fighter plans, but the letter penned by the three heads of state signals a reversal of Obama's earlier caution. Writing in the Washington Post, the UK Times and Le Figaro, the leaders said the world would have committed an “unconscionable betrayal” against the rebels they are aiding if Qaddafi is left in place.
Georgia Passes Arizona-Style Immigration Law
UK to Ban Export of US Execution Drugs
Britain, which opposes the death penalty, said Friday that it would ban the export of three drugs used in lethal injections to the US, and called on other EU countries to set a similar ban. The export controls on pancuronium bromide, potassium chloride and sodium pentobarbital come a year after a London-based human rights group sued the British government to keep it from exporting a sedative commonly used in US lethal injections, which was in short supply across the pond, reported Reuters.
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