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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pm-takes-control-of-libya-rescue.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Gunmen prepared to fight against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stand on a small military truck taken from a Libyan military base in Benghazi (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-pm-takes-control-of-libya-rescue.jpg" alt="Gunmen prepared to fight against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stand on a small military truck taken from a Libyan military base in Benghazi (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>David Cameron is chairing back-to-back meetings with senior ministers and security advisers as more than 200 British nationals remained stranded in chaos-torn Libya.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister moved to reassert his grip on the Whitehall-led rescue operation after days of criticism that the Government&#8217;s response has been slow and shambolic.</p>
<p>There is particular concern for about 170 UK oil workers who are stuck in remote desert locations, at risk from attacks and looting as the North African state is ravaged by violence.</p>
<p>SAS troops are understood to be ready to move in, although the Ministry of Defence refuses to comment on the movements of special forces.</p>
<p>Some 500 UK nationals were evacuated from Libya by air and sea on Thursday but about 50 more are thought to still be in the Tripoli area.</p>
<p>After returning from a four-day tour of the Middle East on Thursday night, Mr Cameron was chairing a Downing Street meeting of the National Security Council on Friday morning.</p>
<p>That was being followed by a gathering of the Cobra emergency committee, also attended by Foreign Secretary William Hague, Defence Secretary Liam Fox, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards.</p>
<p>On Thursday night, the Prime Minister spoke to US President Barack Obama to discuss &#8220;possible multilateral measures&#8221; against Libya.</p>
<p>The pair also agreed to work together closely on the continuing evacuation of foreign nationals. Mr Cameron has apologised for Britain&#8217;s response to the crisis, saying he was &#8220;extremely sorry&#8221; for the delayed rescue operation and promised that lessons would be learned.</p>
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