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NATO leaders in Brussels choosing list of targets to hit in Libya

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Berlin 1961: East German Puppet Pulls Soviet Strings

By Frederick Kempe

East German leader Walter Ulbricht had never written a letter of greater consequence. He wanted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev to quit making excuses, to quit dithering and to finally launch a bold Berlin move that would stop the refugee bleed and his country’s economic decline.   Though his letter to Khrushchev was marked SECRET, Ulbricht […]

Robert Ellsworth, former congressman and Amb. to NATO, dies at 84

By Emma Brown, the Washington Post

From Emma Brown, the Washington Post:  Robert F. Ellsworth, a Kansas Republican who served in Congress during the 1960s and then had a long career as a senior statesman in Washington, first in the Nixon and Ford administrations

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 10

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SACEUR: Libya op shows a robust NATO

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  Since NATO took over the Libyan mission at the end of March (see my earlier blog for a description of the mission), we have launched almost 6,000 total aircraft sorties.

NATO steps up attacks in Libya; rebels report gains

By Michael Birnbaum and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post

From Michael Birnbaum and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post:  NATO carried out its most forceful attacks in weeks in Libya on Tuesday

Atlantic Update 5/11/11

By Klee Aiken

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle backs EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton, as Lady Ashton opens a diplomatic mission in Benghazi and overseas the imposition of a Syrian arms embargo. Brussels might just come out ahead in its emergency loans to Portugal, however with riots hitting the streets in Greece, it is clear the financial […]

U.N. chief Ban calls for ceasefire in Libya

By Guy Desmond, Reuters

From Guy Desmond, Reuters:  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for an "immediate, verifiable cease-fire" in Libya where rebels are fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi’s 41 years in power.

Senate has no plans to invoke War Powers Act over Libya

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  In just over a week, 60 days will have passed since the war in Libya began. But Congress has no plans to exercise its rights under the War Powers Act

Libya 1911: How an Italian pilot began the air war era

By Alan Johnston, the BBC

From Alan Johnston, the BBC:  Italy recently said it was ready to join in Nato’s air attacks on targets in Libya – and with the announcement came a sense of history repeating itself.