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Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 6

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NATO bombs pro-Qadhafi intelligence headquarters in Tripoli

By NATO

From NATO:  Early on 6 June 2011 NATO aircraft struck a command and control target in Tripoli, specifically a key Qadhafi regime intelligence headquarters building.

Georgia claims it stopped Russian-backed attempt to bomb NATO office in Tbilisi

By kavkazcenter.com

From kavkazcenter.com:  Georgia said Monday it had foiled an attempt to bomb a NATO office in the capital Tbilisi ordered by the ex-Soviet state’s foe Russia in what it said was the second thwarted attack in the past week.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 5

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Secretary General will ask Defense Ministers for more help in Libya Op

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday he will ask some of the more reluctant allies to step up their participation in the military campaign against Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi.

Obama administration debating larger troop pullout from Afghanistan

By David Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times

From David Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times:  President Obama’s national security team is contemplating troop reductions in Afghanistan that would be steeper than those discussed even a few weeks ago

The Obama administration’s dangerous course on Libya

By Richard G. Lugar, the Washington Post

From Richard G. Lugar, the Washington Post:  The House of Representatives sent the Obama administration a strong, bipartisan rebuke on Friday for failing to make the case for war in Libya or seeking congressional authorization for military action.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 4

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French admiral suggests sharing aircraft carrier with Britain

By Thomas Harding, the Telegraph

From Thomas Harding, the Telegraph:  Admiral Pierre-Francois Forissier also disclosed that the French navy was amazed by the swath of cuts last year that severely reduced the Royal Navy with the axing of aircraft carriers and Harrier jump jets alongside warships.

Russia: NATO ‘one step’ from land war in Libya

By the AP