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Libya government: Over 100 civilians killed in coalition fire
In Tripoli later on Friday, a Health Ministry official Khaled Omar said a "total of 114 Libyans" have died and 445 were injured in the international airstrikes, but he did not provide a breakdown of how many were soldiers or civilians. US and British officials insisted civilians have been spared and retort that the Libyan leader has engineered...
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Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone
An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, and the United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said Monday. But the firepower of more than 130 Tomahawk cruise missiles and attack...
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Target in Libya is clear, intent is not
All the deliberations over what military action to take against Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya have failed to answer the most fundamental question: Is it merely to protect the Libyan population from the government, or is it intended to fulfill President Obama's objective declared two weeks ago that Colonel Gaddafi "must leave"? "We are not going ...
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At Gaddafi compound, a human shield
Even as the allied intervention began, a group of foreign journalists were bused on a rare visit inside Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's compound -- a labyrinth of concrete barracks, fortified walls and barbed wire designed to deter potential military coups.There, hundreds of supporters offered themselves up as human shields, cheering to newly minted danc...
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Libya government: Over 100 civilians killed in coalition fire
In Tripoli later on Friday, a Health Ministry official Khaled Omar said a "total of 114 Libyans" have died and 445 were injured in the international airstrikes, but he did not provide a breakdown of how many were soldiers or civilians. US and British officials insisted civilians have been spared and retort that the Libyan leader has engineered...
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Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone
An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, and the United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said Monday. But the firepower of more than 130 Tomahawk cruise missiles and attack...
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Target in Libya is clear, intent is not
All the deliberations over what military action to take against Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi of Libya have failed to answer the most fundamental question: Is it merely to protect the Libyan population from the government, or is it intended to fulfill President Obama's objective declared two weeks ago that Colonel Gaddafi "must leave"? "We are not going ...
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At Gaddafi compound, a human shield
Even as the allied intervention began, a group of foreign journalists were bused on a rare visit inside Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's compound -- a labyrinth of concrete barracks, fortified walls and barbed wire designed to deter potential military coups.There, hundreds of supporters offered themselves up as human shields, cheering to newly minted danc...
