Britain Hints That Ground Troops Will Need To Be Sent To Libya

PENTAGON BRIEFING - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates conducts a press conference with U.K. Defense Secretary Liam Fox on the steps of the Pentagon, April 26, 2011. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen

Libya: Britain 'May Have To Look At’ Deploying Ground Troops -- The Telegraph

Britain “may have to look at” deploying ground troops in the Libya campaign in order to establish safe havens for civilians, Liam Fox has said.

Fears of a humanitarian crisis have grown as food imports into Libya’s rebel-held east have been hit while the National Transitional Council struggles to establish lines of credit and foreign traders fear they will not be paid.

Dr Fox, the defence secretary, was asked if soldiers would be needed for humanitarian purposes or to protect safe havens in Libya or its borders and if this would require a new United Nations mandate.

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My Comment: Warning: Mission creep .... mission creep .... mission creep.