Liputan6.com, Washington: U.S. to move naval forces and air to a position about Libya, the Pentagon announced on Monday (28 / 2), when Western countries consider the possibility of intervention against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. "Our planners are drafting emergency plans, and I think as part of that, we relocate the troops to facilitate that if the decision had been taken," said Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan told reporters. Placement of "sea and air forces" that would give President Obama a lot of options in the crisis, Lapan said, without explaining what ships and aircraft were given the command or what potential actions under consideration. When Gaddafi attacked opposition forces, European and U.S. leaders to consider the deployment of NATO air power to enforce no-fly zone over Gaddafi's Libya in order to prevent the use of air power against its own people. For any military intervention, the U.S. commander may take advantage of the USS Enterprise who currently resides in the Red Sea, and the amphibious ship USS Kearsarge which has a fleet of helicopters and about 2,000 marines. The number of casualties in the conflict in Libya difficult to ascertain, but various reports estimate that between 1,000 and 2,000 people have been killed since the protests first erupted on 15 February. Almost the entire region north African country was out of control Gaddafi since a popular uprising erupted in the port city of Benghazi in mid-February. However, Gaddafi insisted would remain in power. Gaddafi (68) is a leader in the Arab world's longest and has been in power for four decades. Pro-democracy activists in several Arab countries, including Libya, inspired by the uprising in Tunisia and Egypt who managed to overthrow the government which has ruled for decades. (Ant / AFP / MEL)
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