The Screws Tighten
"Canada on Tuesday ordered Libya's diplomats to leave the country within five days and cut off their access to the embassy's bank accounts, in a bid to further isolate the regime of Moamer Kadhafi.[---]
"These people now have five business days to vacate the embassy and leave the country," Foreign Minister Baird said in a statement.
A spokesman for Baird said four diplomats at the embassy had been declared "personae non gratae."
Canada is one of the lead nations in a NATO-led alliance that has conducted an aerial bombing campaign against the Kadhafi regime since March, when the United Nations approved action to protect civilians.
Ottawa has contributed six F-18 fighter planes and a frigate, and the NATO mission is led by a Canadian."
"The NTC [Ed: Libyan National Transitional Council] on Tuesday officially took over the Libyan embassy in London, opening its doors as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people in Britain."
Labels: Arab Spring, Arabs, Canada, Canadian politics, democracy, Libya, Moammar Ghadafi
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