Category: NATOSource

Details of NATO-Libyan campaign to liberate Tripoli

By Nicolas Pelham, the New York Review of Books

From Nicolas Pelham, the New York Review of Books:  Hatched in capitals across Europe and the Arab world, as well as in rebel operation rooms secretly organized in Libya itself, the military campaign took four months of planning.

Libya’s Dark Lesson for NATO

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  The war in Libya may be one of those quietly telling moments in the history of more important nations.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 3

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Letter From a Kiev Jail

By Yulia Tymoshenko and Hryhoriy Nemyria, the Wall Street Journal

EU offers to reform Libyan security forces

By AFP

From AFP:  The European Union is offering to help Libya’s rebels reform security forces after 42 years under a police state and collect weapons when the war ends, the EU’s chief diplomat said today.

White House relabels foreign policy from “leading from behind” to “rebalance burden-sharing”

By David Ignatius, the Washington Post

From David Ignatius, the Washington Post:  Tom Donilon, Obama’s national security adviser, argues that this isn’t an accident — and that the president deserves more credit for accomplishing the goals he set in 2009.

Russian envoy: Libya marks strategic shift for NATO

By the AP

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 2

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Libya could be the last place where the West is allowed to intervene

By Shashank Joshi, the Telegraph

From Shashank Joshi, the Telegraph:  Nato’s job in Libya is all but done. As the conquering heroes met in Paris yesterday, there was no “Mission Accomplished” banner in sight. In place of triumphalism, we’ve substituted lessons galore

Russian negotiator warns NATO over missile defense plans

By DPA