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Apr 1, 2011

Defense shuffle: U.S. set to name new military commanders

By Laura Rozen, the Envoy

From Laura Rozen, the Envoy:  David Petraeus, perhaps the most celebrated American general of his generation, is likely to leave his job as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan this summer, multiple defense officials say.

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Apr 1, 2011

Chancellor Merkel’s Shellacking

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Even after pandering to voters’ fears about nuclear power, the euro and NATO operations in Libya, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany got a shellacking in her Christian Democratic party’s traditional bastion of Baden-Württemberg.

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Apr 1, 2011

NATO in Libya, Memories of Kosovo

By Sean Kay, the Washington Note

From Sean Kay, the Washington Note:  The Kosovo war is the best case in point to think about relative to the current crisis in Libya.

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Apr 1, 2011

NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians

By Thom Shanker and Charlie Savage, the New York Times

From Thom Shanker and Charlie Savage, the New York Times:  Members of the NATO alliance have sternly warned the rebels in Libya not to attack civilians as they push against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi

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Mar 31, 2011

Bulgaria sending frigate to join NATO Operation Unified Protector

By the Sofia Echo

From the Sofia Echo:  Bulgaria will join the international military operation against the Gaddafi regime in Libya with the deployment of the frigate Druzki (Daring), the Cabinet decided on March 30, television channel bTV said.

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Mar 31, 2011

House intelligence chairman will block covert arms to Libyan rebels

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) said in a late Wednesday interview that the Obama administration’s top national security officials were deeply split on whether arming the rebels was a good idea.

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Mar 31, 2011

Factions within Obama’s war cabinet battle over pace of Afghanistan drawdown

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran,  the Washington Post

From Rajiv Chandrasekaran,  the Washington Post:  Military leaders and President [Barack] Obama’s civilian advisers are girding for battle over the size and pace of the planned pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan this summer

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Mar 31, 2011

NATO Chief: “We are there to protect the Libyan people, not to arm the people”

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO’s chief said Thursday the alliance doesn’t support U.S. and British suggestions that the U.N. mandate for the international military operation in Libya allows arming rebels who are fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s troops.

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Mar 31, 2011

NATO takes sole command of Libya air operations

By NATO

From NATO:  On Thursday morning at 0600 GMT, NATO took sole command of international air operations over Libya. The Alliance  has the assets in place to conduct its tasks under Operation Unified Protector – the arms embargo, no-fly zone and actions to protect civilians and civilian centres. In line with the mandate of United Nations […]

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Mar 31, 2011

U.S. and Britain have deployed clandestine forces in Libya

By Mark Hosenball, Reuters

From Mark Hosenball, Reuters:  President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

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