So, again, I just want to stress that the military options that we talk about are not limited to a no-fly zone, but include a no-fly zone as an option.
Similarly, you already see an increase in the extent to which the no-fly zone, the enforcement of the no-fly zone piece of the effort in Libya right now is being undertaken by allies and partners.
But it really does all fall into the -- and the no-fly zone, by the way, obviously which has been on the table and planning for which is being done.
"The defence secretary and I have now instructed the chief of the defence staff to work urgently with our allies to put in place the appropriate military measures to enforce the resolution - including a no-fly zone, " he said.
As MPs debated the recent events in North Africa and the Middle East on 17 March 2011, Mr Stewart said the UK government's current position - to push strongly for a no-fly zone but only with strong international backing - was the right one.
It is not our feeling that, as apparently it is -- has been from some others, that a no-fly zone is a snap-your-fingers, one-size-fits-all solution to a problem.
And the President and this administration believes that NATO and the coalition, of which we remain a partner, is capable of fulfilling that mission -- of enforcing the no-fly zone, enforcing the arms embargo, and providing civilian protection.
Washington wants France, Britain, Canada and other coalition partners to take responsibility for day-to-day enforcement of the no-fly zone over Libya.
For instance, Yugoslavia was able to deploy sub-sonic aircraft and helicopters despite the allied no-fly zone in Bosnia.
The no-fly zone is a low-risk action with little ability to change the military reality that creates an impression of decisive action.
And as part of an international coalition, under a U.N. mandate that is almost unprecedented, we went in and took out air defense systems so that an international coalition could provide a no-fly zone, could protect -- provide humanitarian protection to the people on the ground.
And today -- to answer the second part of your question -- today, as I speak, the authority -- command and control authority for the enforcement of the no-fly zone is being shifted to NATO.
Most importantly, the mission has been effective in fulfilling the goals set out by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 -- protecting civilians, enforcing an arms embargo, enforcing a no-fly zone.
"The insert has an exclusively defensive character and not the purpose of establishing a no-fly zone, but the de-escalation of the border, " the German army website, Bundeswehr, said.
While most of the freight will have been flown straight on from last weekend's season-opener in Qatar, the cloud of ash has created a no-fly zone over much of northern and central Europe and made it impossible for many team personnel to reach Japan.
You should go to NATO to ask NATO about the specific decisions in terms of bombing missions, but the mission -- the goal of the mission is clear: protect the civilian population, enforce the no-fly zone, enforce the arms embargo.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, representing general aviation pilots, said the Chicago no-fly zone did not pose a significant inconvenience on planes or private-use airports.
Since the no-fly zone began to be enforced both the group's secretary-general, Amr Moussa, and individual members such as Algeria have voiced concern that the operation may be exceeding its mandate to protect Libyan civilians.
Obama ordered the airstrikes with NATO allies after Libya failed to abide by a cease fire agreement it made with the United Nations Security Council early last Friday following the Thursday, March 17 decision to put a no-fly zone in place over Libya to quell government air strikes against anti-government demonstrators.
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In Libya, enforcing the no-fly zone along the coastal strip where much of the fighting took place was relatively straightforward for NATO -- compared to the many urban and rural battlefields that dot Syria.
So, despite the improvement in the Japan situation on Friday and the declaration of a no-fly zone over Libya, traders decided to avoid the potential headline risk and went back to risk-off mode into the close.
The senior administration official is correct, but the -- what has already happened and is occurring now is the transfer of command and control over the no-fly zone to NATO.
So at the other end of the spectrum is a more modest intervention - perhaps an extended version of the air strikes that currently accompany the US and British policing of the no-fly zone, but with greater use of special forces to target suspected weapons depots and military installations.
In the same sense, the casualties caused by the no-fly zone would be unknown.
There is now a no-fly zone over downtown Chicago ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was still being super cautious on a no-fly zone.
Security Council to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, whose membership it had suspended.
Just to clarify, so imposing a no-fly zone in Libya, that's under active consideration right now?
Among other things, she did not rule out the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria.
The U.S. and its allies for years operated a no-fly zone over northern and southern Iraq.
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