Libya conflict: France air-dropped arms to rebels

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Isn't there an arms embargo or something?

From UN Resolution 1973

...and tightened sanctions on the Qadhafi regime and its supporters.

So arms can be distributed to those against the regime!

...flight ban would not apply to flights that had as their sole purpose humanitarian aid, the evacuation of foreign nationals, enforcing the ban or other purposes ***8220;deemed necessary for the benefit of the Libyan people***8221;.

This one's a bit more dubious. Must be the last bit.

Source http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sc10200.doc.htm



Edit - and the quote is from the episode House vs God (Episode 19, Season 2).