Cost of Britain's Libya operation 'could run into hundreds of millions'

Danny Alexander said the campaign was currently costing the taxpayer "tens of millions" but spending would rise as operations continued.

When military strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's forces began in March, George Osborne, the chancellor told the House of Commons that Britain's involvement would cost "in the order of tens of millions of pounds, not hundreds of millions".

Mr Alexander however told Sky News: "The campaign is costing tens of millions, potentially into the hundreds of millions as it goes on, but that money is coming from the reserve that we have set aside, precisely for contingencies such as this.

"It doesn't have an effect on any other spending, on any other public services. Of course there is a very powerful moral case for the action we are taking in Libya, it's right that we find those resources precisely from the contingency reserve that we have."

He added that he did not have the precise figures on the cost of operations.

Mr Alexander continued: "It's right that the United Kingdom is playing a leading role to protect Libyan civilians from the appalling activities of the Libyan government and to take that country, we hope, to a better future."

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary, said: "It is worrying that Danny Alexander seems to be guessing about current costs, which are dramatically more than George Osborne originally predicted.

"We support the mission in Libya but the Government need to be clearer on the costs."

Meanwhile it was claimed yesterday Barack Obama ignored the advice of top lawyers in the US defence and justice departments when he decided he had the legal authority to continue the US military participation in Libya without the authorisation of Congress, according to officials, instead taking advice from White House counsel.

Republicans have demanded Mr Obama justify the ongoing military involvement and warned he may have exceeded his authority by unilaterally approving military operations.

The Rebels Controlled the Oil City of Libya

The rebels are opposed to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi yesterday seized the oil city. The strength of the rebel groups rose after they captured the city of another oil, Brega in the east of the military Gaddafi of Libya. Brega and Ras Lanuf city produces a large amount of crude oil of 1.5 million barrels a day is exported every day Libya. But the country's oil exports ceased on February 15 following the actions of protesters who opposed the Gaddafi.

Members of the rebels are now on the way to recapture some of the troops left by Gaddafi. The success of the rebel group that helped the Western military air attack led the United States (U.S.) to enforce the flight ban on Libya zone. On Saturday, the rebels captured the town Ajdabiyah. "No more soldiers here Gaddafi. We control the whole city," said a member of the rebels, Youssef Ahmed, 22, in Jawad Bin city, 525 kilometers east of the city of Tripoli.

A Reuters reporter saw more than 12 trucks filled with machine guns in the city center Jawad Bin. According to the rebels, troops loyal to roots that Gaddafi has retreated. Insurgents now planning to move to the east of Sirte on the Mediterranean that are considered strong holds Gaddafi. So far, Gaddafi still has not made ​​his appearance after giving a speech to the people in Tripoli last week.

NATO Took Over Military Operations in Libya

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to take over military operations in Libya, NATO officials and diplomats said today.

"NATO has decided to implement all the laws set by the United Nations (UN) to protect the public and the territory from any threat, Muammar Gaddafi regime," the NATO official said after a meeting with 28 members of allied countries.

Consequently, NATO has the mandate to regulate and determine the movement of military operations.

Nuclear's Worker Told to Move

Japanese authorities issue of workers from the nuclear reactor power plants Fuskuhima Daiichi damaged after detecting an increase of radiation.

The management company Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which operates the state power plants, radiation levels in the water in the plant's second reactor is more than an hour milisievert 1.000 compared with the national safety standard that is only 250 milisievert year.

U.S. Security Protection Agency states millisievert of radiation of1.000 was enough to cause bleeding in the human body.

TEPCO officials said the workers were removed from the reactor turbine building number two, to prevent their contact with harmful radiation.

The workers had previously tried to pump out the water in the reactor containing the radioactive material.

Syria has Become More Volatile

More than 100 people were killed after members of the armed police opened fire on a group of protesters in the city Daraa, southern Syria on Saturday, according to several witnesses and human rights activists yesterday. Human rights activists in Daraa, Ayman al-Asswad said, security personnel using live ammunition when shooting at the demonstrators in the city, located 120 kilometers south of Damascus. "The mortality has been identified more than 100 people and residents in this city take about a week to bury the martyrs," he said when contacted by telephone yesterday. Another activist put the death toll higher number of 150 deaths.

However, different things are reported by the Syrian authorities, when only 10 people who died. Daraa city with a population of 75,000 people has been a stronghold of anti-government protests since March 18 last. Meanwhile, thousands of people shouting freedom in this city during the funeral of nine anti-government protesters held. Actions of the protesters objected to the government, led by the Baath Party which has close ties with Shiite leaders in Iran.

The city is inhabited by people of many faiths are Sunni. United States also condemned the killings in the city. Following the protest, Syria will make some important decisions. The announcement was made by an adviser to Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad after anti-government demonstrations occurred since last week.

The protesters wanted Bashar resigns. The claim was made after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to resign as President of Tunisia in January and follow the same Hosni Mubarak in Egypt due to the rise of the people. Bashar became president in 2002 to succeed his father, who died, Hafez al-Assad.