KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 2: PAS is strongly opposed to any attempt at foreign military intervention in the ongoing people's uprising against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, saying such measures would only create yet another never-ending conflict in the region.
"Military intervention in the name of the UN Security Council will only open another flashpoint of a continous crisis which will only make life difficult to the people of Libya, just as military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq have not yielded any solution todate," said PAS president Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang (pic) in a statement to Harakahdaily.
He was responding to a sudden change of tune from Washington and its Western allies, who had been arming Gaddafi despite repression against his people, which have hinted for military intervention to speed up Gaddafi's demise. Analysts have however pointed to the North African country's immense oil wealth as the reason behind Western calls for interference in Libya, unlike its silence in other parts of the Arab world.
Several major Muslim countries who had condemned the Western-backed Gaddafi had earlier warned the US against using the situation in Libya as a pretext to control its vast oil reserves.
Iran said Western countries should not take advantage of the popular movement in Libya to turn the country into a military base, while Turkey said it was strongly opposed to any sanctions on Libya as the victims would not be Gaddafi but innocent Libyans.
"It will harm not the administration but the Libyan people. You cannot secure world peace by resorting to sanctions in each and every incident," said Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing Western powers of only eyeing Libya's oil.
"We call on the international community to approach Libya not with concerns about oil but with conscience, justice and universal human values," he said.
Hadi also called on the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Conferences to step in and seek a solution to the crisis and Libya, saying both bodies must exert pressure to urge Gaddafi to give up power.
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