US mulling sanctions on Libya

The Obama Administration today appeared to be moving ahead with proposals to impose sanctions on the authoritarian Gaddafi regime of Libya which has been using lethal force against its own people resulting in hundreds of casualties.

A meeting in this regard was held at the White House which among others was attended by Tom Malinowski of the Human Rights Watch.

It is believed that while the US Treasury Department is looking into the possibility of slapping unilateral sanctions on Libya, it would also support a European Union resolution to be tabled by France, its current president, at the UN Security Council later today.