"In recent days, we have received disturbing reports of renewed atrocities conducted by Kadhafi's forces," she said.After launching the first salvos to protect Libya's population nearly a month ago, Britain and France are pressing their power balance partners to contribute more combat jets to protect the population from Kadhafi's forces.Only six out of NATO's 28 members are conducting air strikes while French and British warplanes are carrying out half of the flights, a French official said.The United States has moved into a back-up role in Libya, leaving nearly all the air raids in the hands of its allies.French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed on increased military pressure at a working dinner in Paris ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin beginning Thursday, a source in the French presidency said"All means must be made available" in the fight against Kadhafi, the source said, amid efforts by London and Paris to step up pressure on their NATO allies to help defeat his regime.The diplomatic moves came amid rising friction within the alliance over a NATO air campaign in Libya that has so far failed to change the balance of power on the ground.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived in Berlin for the meetings Thursday and Friday, issued a statement denouncing what she said were continuing attacks on civilians by Kadhafi's forces.Libya accused Qatar of providing rebels seeking to oust Moamer Kadhafi with anti-tank missiles, as NATO on Thursday gathered to mull calls for intensified air strikes on the strongman's forces."Qatar sent French Milan missiles to the rebels in Benghazi," the eastern city that serves as their base, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told a press conference in Tripoli.He charged that 20 Qatari experts were also in the city to train some 700 rebels and that elements of the Lebanese group Hezbollah were fighting with the rebels in eastern Libya.Advertisement: Story continues below Both Qatar and France are part of the international coalition carrying out a military intervention in Libya against Moamer Kadhafi's regime.France and Britain agreed to step up military shop online 2011 pressure on Kadhafi's forces after world powers meeting in Doha promised Libya's rebels cash and the means to defend themselves.
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