Britain is seeking to broaden the scope of an urgent UN resolution aimed at Colonel Gaddafi as David Cameron warned the world that it was in a race against time in Libya.
“The clock is ticking,” said the Prime Minister, reflecting widespread unease at the recent success of Libyan troops against anti-Gaddafi rebels. “Time could get very short.”
In the coming week there could be surgical strikes against Gaddafi assets coupled with efforts to scramble his radio systems, a French government source said.
Last night it emerged that a US nuclear-powered submarine with Tomahawk cruise missiles had arrived in the Mediterranean to take up position off the coast of Libya.
Mr Cameron sought to bolster Western support for a no-fly zone by turning the warnings