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and will be there . The whole

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international Communion is united and

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committed to finding a solution as soon

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as possible . And the only solution can

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be a cessation of violence uh ,

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as demanded by the United Nations

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Security Council resolution and an

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immediate transition to democracy as

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demanded by the people of Libya . I

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think we'll now go over to Naples for

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the next set of questions . Questions

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here . Thank you . I'm happy for the

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next question .

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Good morning . And the morning , paolo

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centrifuge from Associated Press . Uh ,

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I would like to know if it's possible

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to confirm how many proven casualties

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civilian casualties have been due to

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NATO attacks . That you can , can be

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sure you can confirm and what is NATO

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doing to improve communication and

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coordination with the rebel forces ?

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Thank you .

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I'm going to get a reputation for this

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because I'm going to take the first .

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The second question first , someone's

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going to catch up with me quite soon

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and then start asking the questions

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around the wrong way . Your second

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question was , what are we doing to

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improve the communications with the

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rebel forces ? I have to be frank and

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say it is not for us trying to protect

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civilians of whatever persuasion to

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improve communications with those rebel

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forces . I can see what your point is

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of how do you avoid knocking out um ,

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TNC tanks that we hadn't previously

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seen in that respect , but I think I'm

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securing that in saying , um , it's not

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for us to improve the communications .

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What we have to do is we have to see

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very clearly where civilians or

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civilian population areas are being

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attacked and then make sure that we can

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either take action or if we can't take

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action , it's because we might cause

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collateral damage in that respect . So

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that's my answer to that question . I

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think we need to make sure where there

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is action , we know where it is that we

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can protect the civilians in your first

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question on civilian casualties . I

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think the best answer to that in trying

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to be very precise is to ask NATO HQ to

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come back up with an answer to that and

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follow up that because there is a

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danger that any answer I give now could

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be out of date by the time I gave it in

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that respect . So what I'd like to do

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is hand over back to NATO or not ? And

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the question back to NATO HQ , but to

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say that something will come back to

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you on that . Thank you .

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Next question please .

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One , while we're still waiting for see

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if there's any more questions here ,

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are there any more questions in

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brussels ? Absolutely , writers .

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Um , also two questions . The first one

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for the past few days , we've heard a

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lot from NATO about Gaddafi forces

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using human shields to hide behind its

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heavy military equipment . Can you

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develop that idea a little bit more ? I

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mean , do you do you mean that Nate

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that Gaddafi forces are seeking out

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urban or highly populated areas to put

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their or places like mosques or

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hospitals to put their uh to put their

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equipment in . Or have you , have there

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been instances of Gaddafi forces

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kidnapping or forcing people to

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congregate around areas or keeping

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people around there forcefully keeping

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people around areas where , where they

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want to hide equipment . That's one

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thing . And the other question , just

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to follow up on my colleague's

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questions regarding the military

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stalemate , I appreciate that there is

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no sense of a political stalemate in in

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Libya right now . But there is a clear

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sense that in the in the military sense

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that neither side is making any

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advances for for the past quite a few

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days . And I think that's what general

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ham was referring to . Would you agree

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that there is a sort of a military

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impacts or military balance right now ,

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in in Libya between Gaddafi forces and

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the rebels ? The rebels ?

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Thank you . I'm not sure I got the

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whole of your question . Um I couldn't

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hear the opening , but I think you

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asked the first question is , do you

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mean that pro regime Gaddafi forces are

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using urban areas or highly populated

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areas to put the vehicles amongst uh

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are we seeing any incidents of them

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taking civilians to congregate in

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certain areas ? And then your second

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question was on this again , this

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military stalemate , Is it an impasse ?

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And do I agree If I go to the first

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question , um I can tell you that um as

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we look across Libya and we look for

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where the forces are , where they're

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moving . We've been watching some of

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the areas to the south , well to the

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south of BRega and Ajdabiya , and we've

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seen an example of a force that we've

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been tracking layup for .