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    [GADHAFI] Libya mission: US eases off, Gadhafi holds on

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can...
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    [Gadhafi] Gates calls for limited role aiding Libyan rebels

    Link Removed due to 404 Error WASHINGTON – The U.S. should avoid developing a closer relationship with Libyan opposition forces, defense leaders said Thursday, telling an often hostile Congress that foreign nations must now take over airstrike responsibilities and any effort to train and...
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    [Gadhafi] Leaders of airstrikes should go, not me

    Link Removed due to 404 Error TRIPOLI, Libya – Moammar Gadhafi struck a defiant stance Thursday after two high-profile defections from his regime, saying he's not the one who should go — it's the Western leaders who have decimated his military with airstrikes who should resign immediately...
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    Libya Live — Protests and Revolt (2011)

    Libya, an oil-rich nation in North Africa, has been under the firm, if sometimes erratic, control of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi since he seized power in 1969. But in February 2011, the unrest sweeping through much of the Arab world erupted in several Libyan cities. Though it began with a relatively...
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    Libya no-fly zone already established, claims US commander

    Coalition forces have already effectively established a no-fly zone over Libya, according to a senior US military official. The mission to halt Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's supporters attacking the rebel stronghold in Benghazi and force the Libyan government to comply with a UN Security Council...
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