European and American unleashed warplanes against Libya

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a joint press conference with Serbian President Boris Tadic in Belgrade on March 23, 2011. In Serbia, where Putin mainly discussed Russia South Stream gas pipeline project which will run through the Balkans country, the Russian prime minister again criticised the ease with which the decision to bomb Libya was made.​

 

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Two air force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes get ready to take off from the 702 French air force base to take part in an air surveillance mission above the Mediterranean sea on March 23, 2011. Coalition forces - led by the United States, France and Britain and including other European states along with Qatar - have launched air strikes in Libya since Saturday, acting under a UN resolution authorising 'all necessary means' to protect civilians in Libya.​

 

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A British Royal Air Force Typhoon jet of 3 Squadron lands at the Gioia del Colle air base near Bari, Southern Italy, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. International airstrikes forced Moammar Gadhafi's forces to withdraw tanks that were besieging a rebel-held western city Wednesday, residents said, while people fleeing a strategic city in the east said the situation was deteriorating amid relentless shelling.​

 

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In this image taken from Libyan State TV, broadcast Tuesday March 22, 2011, showing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as he talks to a large crowd in Bab El Azizia, Libya.

Visitors watch TV screens broadcasting news of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi speak to his supporters, top left, during the China Content Broadcasting Network Expo held in Beijing Wednesday, March 23, 2011. China called Tuesday for an immediate cease-fire in Libya where the U.S. and European nations have launched punishing airstrikes to enforce a U.N. no-fly zone.​

 

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Locals read Chinese newspapers displayed on a public notice board in central Beijing March 23, 2011. China's ruling Communist Party has countered the West's air strikes against Libya's Muammar Gaddafi with a torrent of such criticisms in state-run newspapers and television, mounting a propaganda campaign to deter the public from any temptation to copy Arab insurrections against authoritarian rulers. The media drive shows how nervous China's leaders are about any challenges to their firm hold on power, and especially about online comments that Western action in Libya shows the supremacy of international human rights standards, said Li Datong, a former editor at a Chinese party newspaper.​

 

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Revolutionary graffiti caricaturing Muammar Gaddafi adorns a wall in Benghazi March 23, 2011. Like many dictators, Gaddafi carefully controlled how his image was used, often portraying himself as a deity or beloved leader. With the rebellion, however, freedom of expression in rebel controlled areas means that ridicule has become a key weapon in the fight against the climate of fear that has long gripped the country. Anti-Gaddafi caricatures and graffiti have sprung up across cities such as Benghazi, most of them portraying him in an unflattering light.​

 

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A member of the influential Libyan Warfallah tribe, loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, holds a daughter of Fethi Boubaker, who the tribe say was killed during coalition air strikes, inside Boubaker's house on the outskirts of Bani Walid, about 130 km (81 miles) southeast of the capital Tripoli, March 23, 2011.​

 

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A sister of Fethi Boubaker, who the Libyan Warfallah tribe loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi say was killed during coalition air strikes, raises a rifle inside Boubaker's house on the outskirts of Bani Walid, about 130 km (81 miles) southeast of the capital Tripoli, March 23, 2011.​

 

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President Dmitry Medvedev, second left, speaks to police officers as he visits the Interior special task force unit Zubr (bison) in Shchelkovo,just outside Moscow, Monday, March 21, 2011. Medvedev rebuked Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who called the UN-approved military operation against Libya a "crusade."​

Why does his suit say HOMO backwards?

 

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OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения) is a police special unit.
Their motto is "We know no mercy and do not ask for any."
OMON originated in 1979, when the first group was founded in preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, to ensure that there were no terrorist attacks like the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Info from Wiki.

 

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an EU summit, on March 24, 2011 at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. Europe's leaders head into a crucial summit, torn over the military campaign in Libya and facing a political crisis in Portugal that threatens fresh trouble for the euro.​

 

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses a meeting of the Security Council regarding the situation in Libya March 24, 2011 at the UN in New York. UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday told the Security Council that Libyan government troops are disregarding a UN ceasefire order despite heavy bombing of Moamer Kadhafi's forces by an international coalition.​

 

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.​

 

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In this image taken during an organized trip by the Libyan authorities, men gather at a mass funeral for people killed in Coalition bombings, officials said, in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday March 24, 2011.

In this image taken during an organized trip by the Libyan authorities, women gather at a mass funeral for people killed in Coalition bombings, officials said, in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday March 24, 2010. The cause of deaths could not be verified. French fighter jets struck an air base deep inside Libya and destroyed one of Moammar Gadhafi's planes Thursday, and NATO ships patrolled the coast to block the flow of arms and mercenaries. Other coalition bombers struck artillery, arms depots and parked helicopters.​

 

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Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, Director of the Joint Staff urged the Libyan military to stop obeying Gaddafi's orders and said more than 350 aircraft were taking part in coalition operations.
"Our message is simple: stop fighting, stop killing your own people, stop obeying the orders of Colonel Gaddafi," Vice Admiral William Gortney said.​

 

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy holds a news conference at the end of the first day of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 25, 2011. Sarkozy said on Friday it was up to Libyans themselves to decide on the fate of leader Muammar Gaddafi.​

 

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Qatar's and France's Air Force personnel pose in front of Mirage 2000 jet fighters at Souda Hellenic (Greek) Air Force Base, on Crete, an island of Greece, Sunday, March 27, 2011. Qatar Air Force participates with France's Air Force in joint missions to Libya with Mirage 2000 jet fighters from Souda Air Base.​

 

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Pope Benedict XVI (L) speaks next to Italian Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta during his visit to the Ardeatine Caves Memorial in Rome March 27, 2011. Pope Benedict on Sunday called for the "suspension of the use of arms" in the Libya crisis, an appeal that appeared to include the use of outside force.​

 

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Italian police officers prepare to process North African migrants fleeing Libya as they arrive at the port in the southern Sicily village of Porto Empedocle late on March 27, 2011 the first such group to reach Europe since the start of the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi.

Three boats carried around 800 people -- mostly Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalians -- and were taken to the tiny outcrop of Linosa close to the larger island of Lampedusa where thousands have been arriving from Tunisia.​

 

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Libyan rebels are seen on the outskirts of the town of Bin Jawad on March 27, 2011 as rebels pushed westwards in hot pursuit of Moamer Kadhafi's forces, winning back control of the key Ras Lanuf oil site and pressing on towards Kadhafi's hometown of Sirte, a central coastal city.​