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Oct 20, 2011

NATO Given Proof of Qaddafi Death: Allied Military Official

By Yochi J. Dreazen, the National Journal

From Yochi J. Dreazen, the National Journal: Libya’s interim government has sent NATO commanders still pictures and video imagery which "leave no doubt" of Muammar el-Qaddafi’s death, a senior Western military official told National Journal.

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

Canada to modernize Navy with largest shipbuilding program in country’s history

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Canada will sign contracts with shipyards in Nova Scotia and British Columbia under a C$35 billion ($35 billion) shipbuilding program, the largest in the NATO country’s history. The government set up the program to revive Canada’s shipbuilding industry while modernizing its Navy and Coast Guard, which are still operating some ships that are […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

NATO airstrike may be what killed Kadafi, alliance official says

By the Los Angeles Times

From the Los Angeles Times:  Libya’s former leader Moammar Kadafi may have been killed or mortally wounded in a NATO airstrike on two military vehicles at about 8:30 a.m. near Surt, according to a senior NATO officer.

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2011

Post-Gaddafi Era Made Permanent

By James Joyner

Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was killed earlier today marking, as President Obama put it, “the end of a long, painful period for the Libyan people.” His death raises several interesting questions.

Libya

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

Connection between NATO air attack and NTC capture of Gaddafi

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO said its aircraft struck military vehicles belonging to pro-Gaddafi forces near Sirte at about 8:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m. British time) on Thursday, but the alliance said it was unsure whether the strikes had killed Gaddafi.

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

Gaddafi death: Joe Biden says ‘NATO got it right’ in Libya

By Michael A. Memoli, the Los Angeles Times

From Michael A. Memoli, the Los Angeles Times:  Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday developments in Libya show the U.S. approach to dealing with Moammar Kadafi was the right one.

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2011

Calculating the Costs of War

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Leon E. Panetta’s first major address as defense secretary was clearly designed to be magisterial, the credo of the Free World, still headed by the United States, cognizant of its worldwide responsibilities, albeit with much budgetary belt-tightening. He didn’t mention the two wasteful wars that had little to do with defending Western civilization.

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2011

A Kingdom for a Strategy

By Harlan Ullman

Strategy and weather share a common limitation: People constantly talk about both yet, in today’s environment, little can be done to affect either. Above all, strategy is about setting achievable and understandable aims. Sadly, politics and process have made that impossible today. A bitterly divided Congress and the failure of the Obama administration through substituting […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

Air Force merges two command and control units in Germany

By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes

From Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes:  The Air Force has merged two command and control units at Ramstein Air Base, with the new combined unit overseeing all U.S. air operations in Europe and Africa.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2011

NATO official provides more details of attack on convoy of Gaddafi loyalists near Sirte

By Meilssa Bell, the Washington Post

From Meilssa Bell, the Washington Post:  “We’ve had no confirmation whether Gaddafi was in there or not,” said a NATO official

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