The part of Libya under Moammar Gadhafi’s control is wracked by shortages in fuel, food and cash despite a veneer of normalcy, according to a U.N. fact-finding mission.
In a report late Monday, the United Nations said its week- long mission to the country identified a lack of fuel, rising food prices, a strained medical system and a cash crunch as some of the problems besetting Gadhafi’s government.
NATO spokeswoman Carmen Romero said Tuesday that the NATO bombing campaign, in its fifth month, will continue and that Gadhafi cannot “wait us out.”
Amid the deadlock on the ground, there may be an emerging consensus that Gadhafi could stay in Libya if he resigns. British Foreign Secretary William Hague signed on Monday to the idea floated last week by his French counterpart. The White House has said the decision is up to the Libyan people.
