<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Bumiller & Kirkpatrick]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=22419Author <![CDATA[Obama Warns Libya, But Attacks Go On]]> Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday ordered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to carry out an immediate cease-fire, withdraw his forces from rebel-held cities and stop all attacks on Libyan civilians or face military action from the United States and its allies in Europe and the Arab world.

Libyan rebels near Ajdabiya. The opposition said people were fleeing shelling.

“Let me be clear, these terms are not negotiable,” Mr. Obama said from the East Room of the White House. Those terms, particularly lifting the siege of opposition-held territories, would give the rebels a reprieve, if not a military advantage. ...]]>