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UN approves no-fly zone over Libya
Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Moving swiftly in response to a request by Arab nations, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday paved the way for international air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with its vote authorizing military action to...Tags: United Kingdom, Weather, Disasters and Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Diplomacy
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Seapower critical to security and freedom
It was three short months ago in this column wherein you read that shortsighted dimwits in Washington were working themselves up into a lather to reduce the Department of Defense budget by cutting deeply into the expeditionary warfighting capability of...Tags: Turkey, Japan, Politics, Washington (U.S. state), Tourism and Leisure
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VMI cadets get lessons from Middle East experts
Cadets at Virginia Military Institute are getting a timely lesson on conflict in the Middle East.
Experts on the subject convene on Post in Lexington this week even as a coalition of nations stepped up bombing Libya.
Cadet Colin Miller, a senior who...Tags: Lexington (Lexington, Virginia), Libya, Politics, Elections
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US military operation in Libya costs hundreds of millions and price tag could rise
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Stretched thin by two wars, the U.S. military is spending upward of $1 billion in an international assault to destroy Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses and save rebels from likely defeat, according to analysts and a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ohio, Muammar Gaddafi, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense
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'No-fly zone' nothing short of mission creep
Someone shot a missile into Moammar Gadhafi's “residential complex.” Suspects include United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Barack Obama. Only Obama is denying it. The Pentagon insists that Gadhafi...Tags: United Kingdom, Saddam Hussein, Politics, Wars and Interventions, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Libya TV: airstrikes hit civilian areas in Tripoli
Libyan TV claims that airstrikes have hit civilian areas in the capital, Tripoli, but the report couldn't be independently confirmed. Saturday's report gave no more details. It comes after the international community launched its broadest military...Tags: United Kingdom, International Military Interventions, Contracts, Disasters and Accidents, Misrata (Libya)
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Libya offers cease-fire after UN no-fly zone vote
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya declared an immediate cease-fire Friday, trying to fend off international military intervention after the U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to prevent the regime from striking its own people. A rebel...Tags: International Military Interventions, Human Rights, Disasters and Accidents, Benghazi, Health
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To not respond would scar our nation's soul
Everyone knows someone like Muammar Gaddafi; he’s the guy who always gets a little too liquored up and starts picking fights. Everyone usually ignores him, but occasionally he goes too far and someone will give him a whooping. Usually, guys like...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Navy, Transportation Accidents, North Africa
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Obama had to navigate a difficult path in defending Libya strikes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn his remarks to the nation Monday, President Obama needed to navigate a narrow, thorny path in explaining the United States' involvement in Libya's internal strife. He had to persuade a somewhat skeptical American public that intervention was in the...Tags: United Nations, International Military Interventions, Disasters and Accidents, Defense, Benghazi
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