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UN Presses Libya Peace Talks Under Shadow of Drownings
Delegates from Libya's rival parliaments gathered in Morocco today for what UN mediators demanded be a "final" push for a unity government to stem mounting jihadism and a desperate exodus of asylum-seekers.
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NATO may continue Libya bombing during Ramadan
NATO says its warplanes may continue bombing Libya during Ramadan if Moammar Gaddafi's forces attack rebel-held areas during the holy month.NATO spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said on Tuesday the alliance would wait and see whether pro-Gaddafi units cease their operations during Ramadan, which starts around August 1. If they don't "then I th...
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Gaddafi threatens Europe if NATO presses air war
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliation against Europe unless NATO ceases its operations, warning loyalist forces can launch stinging attacks like "locusts and bees.""The Libyan people are capable, one day, of taking the battle to Europe and the Mediterranean," Gaddafi said yesterday in a speech broadcast by loudspeaker to thousand...
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Tripoli sites bombed, rebels claim success in east
NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Tuesday in the heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital in weeks, while rebels claimed gains amid an uptick of fighting on a long-deadlocked front line in the country's east.NATO struck at least four sites in Tripoli, setting off crackling explosions that thundered through the city overnight. One strike hit a build...
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High-tech weapons sow fears of chip sabotage
Military planners are thinking of adding a remote "kill switch" to some weapons to keep them out of the wrong hands.
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NATO: No apology for hitting rebels in tanks
NATO acknowledged on Friday that its airstrikes had hit rebels using tanks to fight government forces in eastern Libya, but said it would not apologize for the deaths because no one told them the rebels had tanks.British Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the NATO operation, said in the past, only forces loyal to Libyan strongman Mo...
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Libya: NATO strike on rebel convoy kills five, say reports
An apparent NATO airstrike slammed into a rebel combat convoy in Libya on Thursday, killing at least five fighters and sharply boosting anger among anti-government forces after the second bungled mission in a week blamed on the military alliance.One witness told the AP he saw airstrikes hit tanks and a rebel convoy, which included a passenger bus c...
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Libya: NATO takes military charge
NATO jets on Sunday began enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced. Diplomats said the full transfer of authority would take several days.NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the US-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, officials said ...
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NATO to assume command of Libya operations
NATO will assume command of all aerial operations -- including ground attacks -- in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gaddafi's forces, officials said Sunday.The North Atlantic Council -- the alliance's top body -- approved a plan to expand the previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms embar...
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Libya: NATO set to take full command of military campaign
Overcoming internal squabbles, NATO prepared on Friday to assume leadership from the United States of the military campaign against Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi's forces, senior NATO officials said, while the allied effort won a rare military commitment in the Arab world when the United Arab Emirates said it would send warplanes to join patrols with Wes...
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NATO agrees to take command of no-fly zone in Libya
NATO member nations approved Thursday evening a plan under which the alliance will assume command of the no-fly zone over Libya, while allied warplanes delivered a ferocious round of airstrikes on Libyan ground forces that seems to have begun to shift momentum from the troops loyal to Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi to the rebels opposing him.The secret...
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Libya unrest: NATO to discuss no-fly zone
President Barack Obama's top national security aides emerged from private talks Wednesday with a growing sense that imposing a no-fly zone over Libya would have a "limited impact" on halting the kind of violence raging in the North African nation, senior administration officials said.That position, sure to shape the international debate about poten...
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UN Presses Libya Peace Talks Under Shadow of Drownings
Delegates from Libya's rival parliaments gathered in Morocco today for what UN mediators demanded be a "final" push for a unity government to stem mounting jihadism and a desperate exodus of asylum-seekers.
-
NATO may continue Libya bombing during Ramadan
NATO says its warplanes may continue bombing Libya during Ramadan if Moammar Gaddafi's forces attack rebel-held areas during the holy month.NATO spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said on Tuesday the alliance would wait and see whether pro-Gaddafi units cease their operations during Ramadan, which starts around August 1. If they don't "then I th...
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Gaddafi threatens Europe if NATO presses air war
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has threatened retaliation against Europe unless NATO ceases its operations, warning loyalist forces can launch stinging attacks like "locusts and bees.""The Libyan people are capable, one day, of taking the battle to Europe and the Mediterranean," Gaddafi said yesterday in a speech broadcast by loudspeaker to thousand...
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Tripoli sites bombed, rebels claim success in east
NATO warplanes struck Tripoli early Tuesday in the heaviest bombing of the Libyan capital in weeks, while rebels claimed gains amid an uptick of fighting on a long-deadlocked front line in the country's east.NATO struck at least four sites in Tripoli, setting off crackling explosions that thundered through the city overnight. One strike hit a build...
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High-tech weapons sow fears of chip sabotage
Military planners are thinking of adding a remote "kill switch" to some weapons to keep them out of the wrong hands.
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NATO: No apology for hitting rebels in tanks
NATO acknowledged on Friday that its airstrikes had hit rebels using tanks to fight government forces in eastern Libya, but said it would not apologize for the deaths because no one told them the rebels had tanks.British Rear Adm. Russell Harding, the deputy commander of the NATO operation, said in the past, only forces loyal to Libyan strongman Mo...
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Libya: NATO strike on rebel convoy kills five, say reports
An apparent NATO airstrike slammed into a rebel combat convoy in Libya on Thursday, killing at least five fighters and sharply boosting anger among anti-government forces after the second bungled mission in a week blamed on the military alliance.One witness told the AP he saw airstrikes hit tanks and a rebel convoy, which included a passenger bus c...
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Libya: NATO takes military charge
NATO jets on Sunday began enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced. Diplomats said the full transfer of authority would take several days.NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the US-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, officials said ...
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NATO to assume command of Libya operations
NATO will assume command of all aerial operations -- including ground attacks -- in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moammar Gaddafi's forces, officials said Sunday.The North Atlantic Council -- the alliance's top body -- approved a plan to expand the previously agreed mission to enforce the U.N. arms embar...
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Libya: NATO set to take full command of military campaign
Overcoming internal squabbles, NATO prepared on Friday to assume leadership from the United States of the military campaign against Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi's forces, senior NATO officials said, while the allied effort won a rare military commitment in the Arab world when the United Arab Emirates said it would send warplanes to join patrols with Wes...
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NATO agrees to take command of no-fly zone in Libya
NATO member nations approved Thursday evening a plan under which the alliance will assume command of the no-fly zone over Libya, while allied warplanes delivered a ferocious round of airstrikes on Libyan ground forces that seems to have begun to shift momentum from the troops loyal to Colonel Moammar el-Gaddafi to the rebels opposing him.The secret...
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Libya unrest: NATO to discuss no-fly zone
President Barack Obama's top national security aides emerged from private talks Wednesday with a growing sense that imposing a no-fly zone over Libya would have a "limited impact" on halting the kind of violence raging in the North African nation, senior administration officials said.That position, sure to shape the international debate about poten...
