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Libya:
Nato Takes Command of No-Fly Zone
America.gov, 24 March 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States is transferring command and control of the international community's enforcement of the no-fly zone in Libya to the… Read more »
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Libya:
Nato to Develop Military Plan to Protect Civilians - Clinton
America.gov, 24 March 2011
Remarks by United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on March 24 in Washington, D.C. Read more »
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Libya:
Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French
RFI, 24 March 2011
A Libyan military aircraft was shot down in Mistrata by a French fighter jet on Thursday, an American official told the AFP news agency, confirming an earlier report on American… Read more »
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Libya:
French Foreign Minister Denies Strikes Targeted Civilians
RFI, 24 March 2011
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé says that airstrikes against Libya have been a "success" and denied civilians had been targeted. Juppé said the strikes will… Read more »
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Libya:
Coalition Planes Target Gaddafi's Ground Forces
America.gov, 23 March 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says international coalition forces have successfully established the no-fly zone over Libya that was called for under U.N. Security… Read more »
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Libya:
Gaddafi Opponents Form 'Interim Govt'
IPS, 23 March 2011
Libya's pro-democracy fighters have formed an "interim government" even as forces backing the country's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, press ahead with attacks against them. Read more »
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Libya:
Gaddafi Rallies Troops With Victory Promise
RFI, 23 March 2011
On the fourth day of UN-backed military strikes on Libya, leader Moamer Kadhafi promised his supporters victory, saying the country was "ready for battle". Read more »
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Libya:
Protecting Civilians or Oil Supply?
ISS, 23 March 2011
Controversy and contestation abound concerning the manner in which powers such as the United States, United Kingdom and France have chosen to implement and enforce the United… Read more »
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Libya:
U.S. Plans Transition to Support Role for Operations
America.gov, 22 March 2011
Although the United States has played a prominent role in the first phase of the international coalition's military activities in Libya, the Obama administration said the U.S.… Read more »
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Libya:
UN to Send Aid to Civilians Under Attack in East
UN News, 22 March 2011
United Nations agencies prepared today to rush aid into eastern Libya as rebels told a senior UN envoy on the ground there that cities and towns were under siege and civilians… Read more »
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Libya:
Chorus of African Criticism Rises Over Air Strikes
IPS, 22 March 2011
On Saturday, the U.S., France and the UK launched attacks on Libya's air defences and other targets following U.N. Resolution 1973. The three African members of the Security… Read more »
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Libya:
Mugabe Rallies Behind Gaddafi
SW Radio, 22 March 2011
Robert Mugabe on Monday blasted western countries imposing a 'no fly zone' to protect civilians in Libya as 'bloody vampires.' Read more »
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Uganda:
Opposition Attack Museveni on Libya
Monitor, 23 March 2011
Opposition parties have dismissed President Museveni's latest position on the Libyan crisis as hypocritical and contradictory. Read more »
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Uganda:
Museveni Attacks West Over Libya
Monitor, 22 March 2011
President Museveni has hit out at members of the United Nations Security Council who voted in support of imposing a no-fly-zone over Libya, describing their actions as evidence of… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Embattled Gaddafi Writes to African Leaders
Citizen, 21 March 2011
While there has been worldwide condemnation of the Western powers' invasion of Libya invasion, the leader of the embattled North African nation Col. Muammar Gaddafi has written to… Read more »
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Libya:
Regional Support Erodes for Air War
IPS, 21 March 2011
When the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) imposing a no-fly zone in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya passed Thursday by a predicted 10-0, no one stopped… Read more »
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South Africa:
Zuma Calls for Ceasefire in Libya
BuaNews, 21 March 2011
President Jacob Zuma says government will continue to make every effort to ensure South Africans are able to enjoy their human rights as enshrined in the Constitution. Read more »
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Libya:
France Says 'Wall of Fear Has Fallen'
RFI, 22 March 2011
French Foreign Minister François Fillon told parliament on Tuesday that France's intervention in Libya had caused the "wall of fear to fall" among people in Libya. Read more »