WASHINGTON — the Obama administration on Tuesday condemned the "appalling" violence in Libya, where security forces unleashed a bloody crackdown on protesters demanding was driven out of his leader Moammar Gadhafi.
"This violence is totally unacceptable," said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "We believe that the Government of Libya is responsible for what is occurring and to take measures to end the violence."
Video of Gaddafi about protesters
But as it sought to safely get out U.S. diplomats and other Americans from the spread chaos, Washington stopped criticise Gadhafi personally or demanding that he step. U.S. officials, who spoke for the matter to the public on Tuesday, including Clinton, will not mention Gadhafi by name.
Discomfort over U.S. citizens ' security intensified after getting some Monday and Tuesday kundescenario was tekstombrydningsfunktionen Gadhafis concern over unpredictable behavior, and late Tuesday, State Department announced that American citizens would be evacuated from Libya with ferry to the Mediterranean island of Malta.
In a message sent to U.S. citizens in Libya, said the Department of Americans want to leave the country should be As-shahab port of Tripoli with their passports starts at 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday for a departure not later than 3 p.m. local time.
This means Gadhafi — once called "the mad dog in the Middle East" by President Ronald Reagan — has long flummoxed U.S. officials. He is notoriously unpredictable and has been known to fly into rages on real or perceived slights.
Obama administration does not outline any specific steps to coerce or punish the Libyan regime, with which the United States have built a careful partnership after years branding Gadhafi a terrorist sponsor. After decades of hostility normalized United States and Libya tape under President George w. Bush's presidency after Gadhafi renounced terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, but the connections have been far from fully warm.
U.S. officials said Washington would join other Nations to resolve Libyan behavior of Security Council of the UNITED NATIONS. The renewed calls to Gadhafis Government to speak with opponents and threw the political unrest there as part of a regional uprising against political and economic stagnation, which addressed by Arab Governments of the Middle East and North Africa.
Gadhafi delivered a trodsig speech at national television where he promised he will not step away. He said he would die a martyr death fighting them rebel against his 42-year reign. The address was filled with references to his standing up to the United States and other world powers and threats, respect for the rights of the demonstrators.
In addition to the tone nervous speech U.S. officials, when it was delivered in front of the rubble from Tripoli compound feedingstuffs, United States bombed in 1986, kill Gadhafis young daughter. When he repeatedly spoke State-run television showed a courtyard statue of a clenched fist crushing a U.S. fighter jet.
With potential for Gadhafi to incite anti-American or anti-Western feelings and Libya danger on the brink of what some fear will explode in a comprehensive civil war, administration officials repeatedly invoked their primary concern to ensure U.S. citizens ' security.
"As always the safety and well-being of Americans must be our highest priority. We are in contact with many Libyan officials directly and indirectly and with other Governments in the region to try to affect what is going on inside the Libya, "Clinton told reporters at the State Department.
Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said U.S. officials had been insured by the Libyan authorities to Embassy workers and families will be able to leave safely. He said United States expected these promises to be honored.
"They have promised to support us in our evacuation, and we hope that the cooperation forthcoming," he said.
Crowley said the Department was to try to get 35 nonessential personnel and family members of staff at the u.s. Embassy in Libya out of the country. State Department ordered them to leave on Monday, but they have not yet been able to depart, he said without drawing on the site.
The Department also believe there are several thousand double U.S.-Libyan nationals and around 600 private U.S. citizens in Libya. Crowley said the United States worked with other countries and air carriers to increase capacity on commercial flights and was also prepared to Charter aircraft if necessary. But he noted it would require Libyan consent.
In January was u.s. Ambassador to Libya, Gene Cretz, revoked to Washington for consultations tekstombrydningsfunktionen concerns that his detailed accounting of Gadhafis in secret martial diplomatic cables published by the website WikiLeaks would weaken his ability to work with the Libyan Government. More than a month later, have Cretz not yet to return to Libya.
In 2010, Crowley was forced to apologize for a funny remark he on Gadhafis gårdhaverne speaking to the UN General Assembly a year earlier. Libya had threatened diplomatic retaliation, unless he apologised.
Asked Gadhafi's fiery speech Tuesday, demurred Crowley.
"We want to see an end to the bloodshed stopped," he said. "We want to see the Government engage citizens, rather than attacking its citizens."
"This is ultimately and fundamentally a matter between the Libyan Government, its Director and the Libyan people," Crowley said. "They, like other standing and demanding a greater say in the events in their country. We have serious reservations about the Libyan reaction to these protesters. "
In the past, called on the White House spokesman Jay Carney Gadhafi's regime to respect citizens ' universal rights and allow peaceful protest to take place. Echo previous White House statements about the Government protests in Egypt, he said about Libya future should be decided by the Libyan people.
In the meantime, said top legislators United States should consider introducing new sanctions on the regime and called for foreign energy companies to immediately close the operations in the oil-rich North African nation.
Sen. John Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, called the violent punishment "cowardly" and "without despicable." He encouraged us and international oil companies immediately suspend their Libyan operations until the attacks on civilians stops.
Massachusetts Democrat also called on the Obama administration to consider fishing technique sanctions against Libya, was abolished by President George w. Bush after Gadhafi renounced terrorism and brownfield development of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
SENS. John McCain, R-Ariz, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., the call to the administration to support a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent air strikes.
Dominican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House, also called for the imposition of new sanctions, including asset freeze and travel ban for senior Libyan officials.
"The Libyan regime widespread attacks on the Libyan population is deplorable, and all responsible for these attacks must be brought to justice," she said in a statement.
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