UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday rejected a Libyan request for an emergency meeting to halt what it called ”military aggression” by France and the United States, but the council will get a briefing on Libya Thursday from the secretary-general.Council members held closed-door discussions in response to a letter dated Saturday from Libyan Foreign Minister Musa Kousa who claimed that ”an external conspiracy was targeting … (Libya) and its unity and territorial integrity.”
According to the letter, obtained by The Associated Press, Kousa accused France and the US of bombing ”several civilian sites” in violation of the UN Charter and called for ”an emergency meeting in order to halt this aggression.”
The Security Council late Thursday adopted a resolution authorizing military action to protect civilians from attacks by Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s forces and imposed a no-fly zone over the country. On Saturday, US, French and British forces launched airstrikes against Libyan air defenses, tanks, armored personnel carriers and other military hardware.
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