Gaddafi takes key towns as Nato squabbles over Libya action - Peter Beaumont in Tripoli, Ian Traynor in Brussels and Nicholas Watt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/10/gaddafi-libya-nato

I'm becoming a bit anxious, as I'm sure a lot of people are. What now? Qadafi has shown that he is willing to use terrorism and whatever else he has at his disposal to do whatever it is he has set out to do. Exactly what that is has never been clear. Even if he defeats the opposition, what would be his plans at that point? How does he retain power in the face of oil embargoes and freezes on his own personal assets? He is more or less locked in geographically, so his options are even more limited than most of the other warlords we usually think about.

Lashing out at Italy? Terror for sale? The French and the British seem intent on landing a blow. The fact that they are publicly discussing it makes it seem somewhat inevitable. If not for Iraq, this would be a war the world could rally behind.