Discussing the imposition of no-fly zone over Libya, Yousef Bouandel of Qatar University, told Al Jazeera, "Now that the Arab League has supported the no-fly zone, I think that within the next 72 hours or so the Security Council will meet and decide."Given what happened in Iraq, they want the no-fly zone but do not want any military intervention."In the last 72 hours, Gaddafi forces have been gaining momentum, obviously he wanted to gain as much as possible before the imposition of the no-fly zone."And in the long run, it's obvious that Gaddafi's government in Libya will win the war if it continues for another two months or so."
12:51pm Al Jazeera's Birtley says that people here have welcomed the fact that the no-fly zone option has been supported by the Arab League. "The air exclusion zone is essential to the people here (in Libya), they know that at the end of the day they have to fight this themselves but if the international community did not help, they are talking about means of arming themselves."There are a lot of brave words going around but on the ground different things are happening. "We have to remember that this is not an organised army, this is a group of teachers, engineers, street cleaners, people who have had no association with weapons, whatsoever. "And now they are coming up against very strong, well-equipped forces. And we are seeing a lot of casualties, basically if it is not sorted out soon then those casualty figures are going to go up and up and up. "It's not a very good situation at the moment, it is not looking very positive, quite the reverse."
