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‘Clock is ticking’ on Libya, Cameron warns

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