[Q] No fly zone over Libya: What does that mean?

[Q] No fly zone over Libya: What does that mean?

Question by Ramkrishna in comment,

Newspapers are talking about "No fly zone in Libya" : Write something about it.

Answer:

 

What is No fly zone issue?

• Col. Muammar Gaddafi is using fighter jets to attack rebels and civilian crowd opposing him.
• Air-attack gives him tremendous advantage because rebels cannot fight back, They don't have that kind of sophisticated weaponry.
• So America, France and other nations are in opinion of declaring a No Fly zone over Libya.
• If America declares "No fly zone" over Libya that will mean that if any Libyan fight-jets fly over Libyan air-space, Americans will shoot it down.

 

What is India's stand on No-fly zone issue?

India opposed this idea in UN security council. India also opposes any use of force against Gaddafi.
***updates from Krapesh Bhatt***

Col. Gaddafi never supported India as for the issue of Kashmir, but he supported the theory that Kashmir must be an independent state separate from india and pakistan also he has always been supporting pakistan and this reminds me of a cricket stadium called "gadaffi stadium" in pakistan.
India objects the no fly zone also india is silent because a lot of indians are working in libya and still to be evacuated. Also the crude is also imported form that same country.
Also India fears that what if the rebellion uprising fails??? if Col. Gadaffi gets back in power, then the people working there might be kicked back and further deterioration in the relations between India And Libya.
We also have more serious issues in our backyard than poking nose like the Americans And rest of NATO.
our Policy regarding this is safe sailing and correct according to me.

besides if the rebels don't succeed, who knows may be that half loony Gaddafi would stop oil supply to India for supporting the 'no fly zone'!
Because of defunct NAM and unsolved Kashmir issue, Government of India always fears this :

"If we agree on any international intervention in any trouble area, then Pakistanis and Chinese will also demand and justify the international intervention in Kashmir and Arunanchal Pradesh. So better treat any troubled issue (Myanmar, Egypt, Libya) as their domestic-problem, and not get very enthusiastic about it.

This is the same reason, why many experts are (and were) afraid that India will never be able to utilize its (non permanent or permanent) UN security council seat to provide a World leadership. Because India always runs away from taking a stand due to Kashmir and Arunanchal Pradesh.

Yogesh Joshi

if India acquiesces to a Western intervention in Libya, it will lose all moral and legal authority to keep the Kashmir issue away from international scrutiny. 

This is the basic pillar of Indian foreign policy regarding Middle eastern crisis

"We support the rise and demand of democracy in every corner of the world, but without making enemies with the Dictators ruling those countries."

China: Opposes the use of force or no-fly-zone against Libyan dictator Gaddafi. We can understand because same Jasmine revolution is brewing on their backyard.


Saddened by India and China's move, President Barak Obama requested Saudi Arabia to supply arms to rebel forces in Libya so that they can retaliate and succeed in the fighting. But Saudi put a condition on America that if Saudi helps Libyan uprising, then America will not intervene in the Bahrain uprising, because Gaddafi hates Saudi Arabia's king but Bahrain is Saudi's close-ally.